LONDON: Britain admits to major deportation debacle
published: Wednesday | April 26, 2006

LONDON (REUTERS):

Britain said yesterday it had freed over 1,000 foreign prisoners, including murderers, rapists and paedophiles, who should have been considered for deportation at the time of their release.

In a major embarrassment to the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair ahead of local elections next week, the Home Office (interior ministry) said it had no idea where the vast majority of the 1,023 convicted criminals were.