Illegal boat migrants in the United Kingdom are estimated to be 24 times more likely to be imprisoned for other offences than British citizens, according to analysis of government figures.
While the UK government does not provide a full accounting of the immigration status of criminals, a review of prison data by the opposition Conservative Party has suggested that boat migrants are far more likely to commit crimes than British citizens or even other legal migrants, The Times of London reported.
The study looked at the 10,838 foreign criminals imprisoned at the end of March in England and Wales, excluding those who had obtained a British passport.
Foreign passport holders had an imprisonment rate of 0.18 per cent when compared to the latest census in
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