Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,
The British government is in court to stop the public seeing the full picture of migrant crime rates.
After the Information Commissioner ordered the Ministry of Justice to release nationality-linked conviction data from 2018 to 2024, officials have launched an appeal, claiming it risks identifying offenders and costs too much.
Campaigners say the real fear is what the numbers will show about open-border policies that have left British streets, transport and communities less safe.
'Apparently in Britain we are not allowed to see it, and that's appalling.'
— GB News (@GBNEWS) July 21, 2026
Crime and Justice Journalist David Shipley says the Government is blocking data on crime by type of offence and nationality because it doesn't want Britons to know the harms of mass migration. pic.twitter.com/eqkZIXsMYF
The Centre for Migration Control submitted the Freedom of Information request that triggered the ruling. The MoJ rejected both the identification and cost arguments.
Director of Research Robert Bates called the legal fight "astonishing" and said it raises serious questions about what the government is hiding.
Research Director at the Centre for Migration Control, Rob Bates, accuses the Government of 'launching an attack on transparency and accountability', as they enter a legal b
