The truth about migrant crime in Britain.

The five Reform MPs have been trying like crazy to find out what are arrest rates for foreign nationals compared to arrest rates for resident Brits. How do the numbers work? Well, finally, we've got some answers. We didn't get them, but the Centre for Migration Control did. And the figures are stark. 17.5x more likely to be arrested for crime in this country, if you come from Albania, 9x more likely to be arrested for a crime in this country if you've come from Afghanistan and there are other countries here too, Iraq, Algeria, you name it.

The truth of it is because of the open borders policy that have been run not just for the last 14 years under the Conservatives, but Labour before that.

We are allowing criminals to freely come into Britain, whether they come legally or illegally, frankly, is not the point. And I think at some point these statistics need to come under the full microscope of the electorate. Why would we let people come and live in our country that make the place a less safe place to live. On sexual crimes alone, you are 3.5x more likely to be arrested for a sexual offence if you come from outside the United Kingdom. And frankly, in the light of what's happened over the course of the last couple of weeks with a big debate on the rape gangs that have been operating in over 50 different towns in this country, we've all got a right to be concerned.

What do we do about this? Well, frankly, we don't allow people to come illegally from these countries and let them stay. An if people even want a visa to come to Britain, a work visa, for argument's sake, we absolutely need to know what their criminal records are, what their previous histories are from whatever country they come from. And if some people argue, well, that'll make it more difficult to get workers to come into Britain. So be it.

You know why? Because the first, absolutely first principle of government is to protect the country and the people that live within it. I think this is going to become a huge political debate, and it's something from which neither the Labour nor Conservative parties can hide.