Labour will change immigration laws in a bid to allow the deportation of offenders convicted of serious organised crime such as Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the measures were designed to remove the ‘vile’ paedophile.
But she admitted it ‘does not guarantee his removal from this country’ because his home nation Pakistan is refusing to take him back.
The changes also expected to take around a year to come into force.
Under the Immigration Act 1971 foreign-born nationals are exempt from deportation if they arrived here before 1973 and have lived in the UK for at least five
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