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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Harry Stedman

Majority of illegal migrants are not rapists or sexual offenders, says minister

Mike Tapp became migration minister in last week’s Cabinet reshuffle (Gareth Fuller/PA Archive) - (PA Archive)

The majority of migrants entering the UK illegally are not rapists or sex offenders, a Government minister has said.

Mike Tapp insisted the Home Office had made a “fantastic start” to curbing illegal migration but stopped short of labelling all arrivals as potential criminals, as he responded to claims from Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf.

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