Just two in 453 foreign lags are booted out of the UK despite Government promising a crackdown
Crooks who stay in Britain use taxpayers' dosh to claim benefits and rack up legal aid bills to help them stay
HUNDREDS of foreign cons are still being let loose on our streets despite a No10 pledge to boot them out.
Figures show just two out of 453 offenders freed in a three-month period were deported.
Many continue to claim benefits and run up legal aid bills while fighting to stay.
Tory MP Charlie Elphicke said: “It is incredible that out of 453, just two were deported.
“Deportation should mean out of prison, out of Britain.”
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has promised to change the law to make it easier to deport rapists, killers and other criminals once they have served their sentence.
But figures for April to June this year show how they play the system to avoid removal.
They reveal that 451 out of 453 non-EU offenders released from jail were still in Britain at the end of the quarter.
More than half of deportations were prevented by legal or removal issues, according to Home Office data.
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But the full toll of criminals who stay is even higher as it does not include those from EU nations who cannot be deported.
The figures show 5,928 foreign offenders are still living in Britain years after being released from prison.
A Home Office spokesman said: “Where people have been released into the community, in the vast majority of cases it was ordered by an immigration judge — despite our strenuous objections.”
Lags freed for religion
HUNDREDS of prisoners have been let out of jail to attend religious services.
Inmates have been deemed eligible for temporary release to mark religious events 905 times in the past five years.
They include Passover, Diwali, Good Friday and Eid.
Tory MP Philip Davies, who sits on the Commons justice committee, said: “It’s a farce.
“These people couldn’t be that religious or they wouldn’t commit crimes.”
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: “Offenders must pass a full risk assessment before being considered for release on licence.”
