he British government is fighting an order to reveal how many foreign nationals were convicted of crimes in England and Wales, sparking heavy criticism, mostly from the right-wing, anti-immigration Reform UK, which has accused Labour of deliberately hiding migrant crime statistics.
The story goes back to June 2025, when the UK-based think tank Centre for Migration Control submitted a request for the figures under freedom of information laws. To protect offenders from identification, the group asked for every result below five to be suppressed. The request covers violence, sexual offences, drugs, arson, criminal damage, weapons, theft, and robbery between 2018 and 2024.
