Government 'Looking at Emergency Laws to Deport Rochdale Grooming Gang Leader'
Ministers say 14 years after his conviction, Ahmed may face emergency legislation as officials weigh legal and diplomatic hurdles to removal.
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Nigel Farage Wants Pakistani Grooming Gang Ringleader Deported and Threatens Visa Ban if Pakistan Refuses
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has called for the deportation of Shabir Ahmed and threatened visa restrictions on Pakistan after the Rochdale grooming gang ringleader was released from prison this week. Ahmed, 73, was freed after serving 14 years of a 22-year sentence for child rape and other sexual offences. Farage said in a post on X that Reform would repeal Section 7 of the Immigration Act 1971 if it entered government. He also said Pakistan s…
UK govt mulls emergency law to deport grooming gang ringleader to Pakistan
Labour is exploring emergency legislation to deport a grooming gang leader. Shabir Ahmed, convicted of child rape, was released after serving fourteen years. He is currently exempt from deportation due to an old immigration law. The government is considering legislative changes to address this loophole. Discussions are ongoing with Pakistan to facilitate his removal from the UK.
Katie Lam: The shabby Government ambiguity that lets Shabir, a child rapist, free to stay in the UK
Katie Lam is a shadow Home Office minister and MP for Weald of Kent. Earlier this week, I asked the Government whether they’d deport Shabir Ahmed, the ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang who is now back on the streets. After being convicted in 2012 for thirty counts of child rape, Ahmed has been released...
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