The very cautious ‘National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse’ report on the Muslim sex grooming gangs is out in the UK and it contains much that is both very revealing and very troubling. While the report primarily delves into past events, it also mentions current abuses that are ongoing now and are the subject of police investigations.

During the course of this audit, we saw evidence of around a dozen live, complex, group-based child sexual exploitation police operations, the full details of which cannot be included in this report so as not to prejudice any future criminal justice outcomes.

While the future outcomes of these investigations remain unknown, and the number of live, open cases we had access to was limited, this audit noted that a significant proportion of these cases appear to involve suspects who are non-UK nationals and/or who are claiming asylum in the UK.

This should surprise no one. The only surprise is that it’s being admitted to.

#RefugeesWelcome meant #RapistsWelcome all along.