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Ruby was a little girl – just 12 years old – when Shabir Ahmed began abusing her. She was the victim of repeated gang rapes perpetrated by Ahmed and the disgusting group of Pakistani-origin men he led.

Ruby, and many girls like her, suffered years of abuse at Ahmed’s hands. She was even threatened with a gun. Now 32, Ruby is still living in the area. News of Ahmed’s release from prison has left her in terror for her safety.

Maggie Oliver, a former police officer who has supported Ruby for many years, said that she has never seen Ruby so “angry, frightened and powerless.”

This case makes clearer than ever why we need to deport every single foreign criminal – with Shabir Ahmed top of the list.

These sick criminals often make human rights, modern slavery or asylum claims to stay in the UK. I honestly don’t care about their supposed human rights. That’s why we need to come out of the ECHR and ban asylum and modern slavery claims from stopping deportation.

Ahmed benefits from a loophole in the law dating back to 1971. We will table an amendment to fix that – and it will be an early test of Andy Burnham as to whether he backs this.

Then we come to whether Pakistan will take Ahmed back. Let me be clear: every county should take back their own citizens who are in the UK illegally or who commit a crime. If I were Home Secretary, I would ensure no country refusing to take back its own citizens receives a single penny or overseas aid or receives any visas for its citizens to come to the UK. Why should we hand money or entry visas to a country who won’t take back its own citizens?

It’s time to stop messing around. We need to urgently deport Shabir Ahmed – and every other foreign criminal along with him.