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Fifteen of the 189 serious foreign offenders freed from prison without being considered for deportation have still not been traced by the police.Fifteen of the 189 serious foreign offenders freed from prison without being considered for deportation have still not been traced by the police.
One of the offenders belongs to the "most serious" category, which includes murderers and rapists.One of the offenders belongs to the "most serious" category, which includes murderers and rapists.
A further four serious offenders who had been caught but subsequently bailed by the Asylum and Immigrations tribunal have also gone missing. A further four "serious" offenders who had been caught but subsequently bailed by the Asylum and Immigrations tribunal have also gone missing.
It comes as a report on the wrongful release of prisoners is published. It comes as a report into the wrongful release of prisoners is published.
Of the 1,013 foreign national prisoners released in total without being considered for deportation, 214 have now been removed from the UK, the Borders and Immigration Agency said.
It said 329 have been judged to have the right to stay in the UK.
And although 149 less serious offenders had not been located "given what we know about this group it is possible many of those individuals have left the country of their own volition".
The report blames failure to consider foreign national prisoners for deportation on a "financial crisis early in 2003, followed by a recruitment and budgetary freeze".