'What hope do we have!?' Zia Yusuf despairs over failure to deport ringleader of Rochdale grooming gang​

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What hope do we have!?' Zia Yusuf despairs over failure to deport ringleader of Rochdale grooming gang​.

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Zia Yusuf has expressed his outrage at "broken Britain" after the ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang has been released early from prison, avoiding deportation to Pakistan.Speaking to GB News, the Reform UK Home Affairs spokesman questioned "what hope we have" after Shabir Ahmed walked free from prison today, failing to serve his full sentence.Ahmed, 73, has walked free from prison early after being handed a 19-year sentence for the rape and sexual abuse of young girls in 2012.Ahmed, 73, is returning to Britain's streets after avoiding deportation due to a legal loophole.

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He falls under a provision in the Immigration Act 1971 that exempts Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK before 1973 from removal - despite having his British citizenship revoked.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Reacting to the case, Mr Yusuf told GB News that it is "difficult to get your head around how screwed up" the situation is.He said: "There are still politicians in the Tory Party and the Labour...

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