Human Rights stopped record number of foreign criminals being deported

Paul Nuttall

Paul Nuttall, local UKIP Euro-MP, has hit out interference from European courts in stopping Britain from deporting foreign convicts.

A record 602 foreign criminals used the European Convention on Human Rights, often via the European Court of Human Rights, to stop themselves from being deported from the UK last year.

Mr Nuttall, UKIP’s deputy leader, said: "Once again we see that the European Human Rights regime is stopping justice from being done and instead these undesirables are allowed to remain in our country.

"The government is completely hamstrung by EU membership which demands that we stay within the jurisdiction of the Strasbourg Court. The Tories talk a good game but these figures display their impotence on this.

"We in UKIP are quite clear - those who come into our country and commit crime are not welcome and should be deported."