Andy Burnham is urging the Home and Foreign Secretaries to explore all options for deporting Shabir Ahmed, the ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang, upon his release from prison. Ahmed, who has dual British-Pakistani citizenship, cannot be deported to Pakistan due to a law barring his removal. Victims express fear for their safety.
Andy Burnham, Labour leader-in-waiting, vowed to explore all options to deport Shabir Ahmed, a Rochdale grooming gang leader, whose release is imminent. Ahmed's deportation to Pakistan was blocked by a 1971 Immigration Act loophole, despite his British citizenship being stripped, causing distress to victims.
Shabir Ahmed, ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang, will be released from prison this week. Despite being stripped of his British citizenship, he cannot be deported to Pakistan due to the Immigration Act 1971, leaving victims feeling unsafe.
Shabir Ahmed, ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang, will be released from prison this week. Despite being stripped of his British citizenship after his 2012 conviction, he cannot be deported to Pakistan due to provisions in the Immigration Act 1971.
