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“Two Afghan illegal migrants were jailed for raping a schoolgirl.”
Claim checkedOn 8 December 2025, two Afghan illegal migrants were jailed for raping a schoolgirl.
On 8 December 2025 Warwick Crown Court sentenced two 17-year-old Afghan asylum seekers to youth detention for raping a 15-year-old girl in Leamington Spa in May 2025. Reports say both arrived by small boat as unaccompanied minors; their asylum claims had not been decided.
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Supported70% confidence
“Last year, a 35-year-old Iranian small-boat migrant raped a 15-year-old girl in an alleyway. He was known to police in Germany, where he had been convicted of assault offences.”
Claim checkedIn 2024 a 35-year-old Iranian small-boat migrant raped a 15-year-old girl in an alleyway; he had previous assault convictions in Germany.
A 35-year-old Iranian asylum seeker, reported to have arrived by small boat in 2023, raped a 15-year-old girl in Oxford in February 2024; he was convicted in October 2025 and the court heard of earlier assault convictions in Germany. Reports say near a shopping centre; "alleyway" was not confirmed.
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Can't verify70% confidence
“there are 736 foreign criminals in the total absconder pool for foreign national offenders”
Claim checkedThe Home Office's absconder pool for foreign national offenders contains 736 foreign criminals released from prison who absconded before deportation.
The figure comes from a Home Office document leaked to him and reported by LBC and The Daily Telegraph in late 2025; the Home Office would not confirm it and no official figure was found.
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Can't verify70% confidence
“Overall, the total absconder pool stands at 53,298”
Claim checkedThe Home Office's total absconder pool stands at 53,298 people, mostly illegal migrants whose current whereabouts are unknown.
The 53,298 figure comes from the same leaked document; the Home Office refused to confirm it and the Minister told the debate it does not comment on unverified leaks. No official publication was found.
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Procedural claims (the speaker's own dates, petition counts, who said what, background), clear slips of the tongue, and words read out from someone else. They stay on the record and do not count in Accuracy.
Supported“The requested data is not readily accessible from published statistics, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at a disproportionate cost.”Read out from someone else: Read out from a Home Office written answer to his question, not his own claim. · Commons debate: Illegal Migrants: Unknown Whereabouts, 9 Dec 2025
Supported“The Home Office does not hold any central record of the requested information.”Read out from someone else: Read out from a Home Office written answer to his question, not his own claim. · Commons debate: Illegal Migrants: Unknown Whereabouts, 9 Dec 2025
Supported“On 24 November, I questioned the Home Office permanent secretary in the Public Accounts Committee on the number of illegal migrants who have absconded from Home Office accommodation in the past five years.”Procedural: His own diary: when he questioned an official. · Commons debate: Illegal Migrants: Unknown Whereabouts, 9 Dec 2025
Supported“The Home Office has refused to confirm whether the figures are accurate, saying it does not comment on speculation.”Read out from someone else: Read out: what the Home Office told The Daily Telegraph, not his own claim. · Commons debate: Illegal Migrants: Unknown Whereabouts, 9 Dec 2025