Overview

• A June 20 Sun investigation identified three separate rape cases in Portsmouth, London and Manchester where officials failed to disclose that suspects were housed in Home Office-funded hotels
• In Portsmouth, councillors were privately warned not to reveal that a man charged with rape and voyeurism on June 11 had been staying at the Royal Beach Hotel; he was remanded on June 16 and removed from the facility
• Other incidents include a 23-year-old in Harmondsworth accused of raping a 17-year-old and a 34-year-old Jordanian facing rape charges in Manchester, with both suspects remanded and their accommodation links withheld
• Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage condemned the secrecy as evidence of a migrant ‘cover-up’ and demanded that the officials responsible face consequences
• A government spokesperson reiterated that foreign nationals convicted of sexual offences are barred from asylum and pledged to pursue their deportation from the UK