At least 1,860 foreign nationals were arrested last year over s3xual offences against children in England and Wales, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.

The Centre of Migration Control think tank last week published data showing foreign nationals were 3.5 times as likely to be arrested for s3x offences as British suspects.

Police made more than 9,000 arrests of foreign nationals for s3xual offences in the first ten months of last year in 41 of the 43 forces in England and Wales, more than 26 percent of the total estimated 35,000 sexual offences arrests, despite foreigners making up just nine percent of the population.

Arrests for child s3x offences by foreign citizens were at 660 in London for the first ten months of last year, 309 in the West Midland, 187 in Greater Manchester, 162 in Kent, and 105 in Essex.

At least 312 foreign nationals were arrested for sexual offences on children under the age of 13, with 98 in London, 61 in the West Midlands, and 40 in Greater Manchester.

There were more than 265 foreign citizens arrested for creating, possessing, or distributing indecent images of children, with 95 taking place in the capital, the report said.

And at least 67 foreigners were arrested for prostitution-related offences.

The revelations come as the controversy over grooming gangs of Pakistani heritage targeting white girls shows little sign of abating with Sir Keir Starmer still trying to end calls for a public inquiry.

Dame Jasvinder, who was shunned by her family at age 16 after refusing an arranged marriage to an older man, founded Karma Nirvana, a charity helping victims of honour-based abuse in the UK, in 1993.

She told the Mail on Sunday: ‘I’ve lost count of the number of times victims have come to me saying they are not being taken seriously because people are worried about community tensions.

‘People are worried about being called a racist. People are worried about treading on cultural ties and then on the back of that, people have not acted in response to these victims.

‘I’ve spent nearly 30 years trying to get agencies to recognize that this issue has to be dealt with as a safeguarding issue and not an issue you can just tiptoe around because it’s from a different culture.

‘Cultural acceptance does not mean accepting the unacceptable.

‘I’ve sat opposite victims who were harmed by grooming gangs and they have said to me, ‘Jasvinder, these perpetrators will say to us go to the police, but they’re not going to believe you, because we will just say they’ve been racist.’

People fearing being branded racist gives perpetrators power, she added.

‘If perpetrators believe somehow they are untouchable because professionals may not take them as seriously, because they are fearing being called a racist or fearing treading on cultural ties, you’re giving the perpetrators more power.’

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