Hundreds of murderers, paedophiles and rapists from Eastern have gained access into the UK despite having criminal records thanks to ‘weaknesses’ in the UK visa system.
Shocking police figures show checks conducted by the ACRO Criminal Records Office with officials in Romania have found more than 700 cases in the last three years where a suspect in the UK has a previous criminal record for murder, manslaughter, rape or a child sexual offence abroad.
According to data obtained via Freedom of Information laws, ACRO has carried out 317,757 cross-border computerised criminal record checks on foreign people arrested in the UK.
A sample based on five nationalities uncovered 524 cases where a suspect had a conviction abroad for murder or manslaughter, 441 cases of a person with an overseas rape conviction and 592 incidents of child sex offences.
Despite tougher post-Brexit rules that allow the Government to ban any overseas criminals jailed for more than a year, people only have to…
