Shabir Ahmed's Release Exposes Britain's Prison Crisis | David Shipley

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"Courts tend to uphold other rights over the right of us as a nation to deport foreign criminals." As the Shabir Ahmed case dominates headlines, crime and justice writer David Shipley explains why Britain's deportation system leaves too many foreign criminals in the UK as legal barriers and international agreements make removals far harder than many assume. David Shipley was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 6-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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