One in three arrested by Met Police is a migrant
FOREIGNERS in Britain are being arrested at a rate of nearly 200 every day, police have revealed.
More than 426,000 suspects from overseas have been held for serious offences including rape and murder in London alone over the past six years.
Poles and Romanians top the list with a total of 83,000 – the equivalent of 38 a day.
The Metropolitan Police makes an average of 233,000 arrests a year and one in three is a migrant.
The figures have caused concern among campaigners because EU criminals have virtually unlimited access to the UK under Brussels freedom of movement rules.
It is inevitable that with high levels of immigration comes a high level of crime
Ian Readhead, of the Association of Chief Police Officers, told MPs last week that statistics showed European criminals were using the rules to avoid arrest by coming to the UK to carry on their lives of crime.
Steven Woolfe, Ukip’s migration spokesman said: “It is inevitable that with high levels of immigration comes a high level of crime.
“We need proper, fair and strong border controls to identify and weed out foreign criminals who are coming to Britain and ensure the UK does not become a soft touch for murderers and rapists.”
