A major government review into Britain’s long-running grooming gang crisis will reportedly expose a disturbing connection between illegal immigration and the widespread sexual exploitation of working-class white girls. The National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, set to be published next week, is expected to reveal that the grooming gang epidemic is fueled in part by unchecked illegal migration.
According to The Sun, the review, led by Baroness Louise Casey, will examine the demographics of both victims and perpetrators—addressing long-standing concerns about the overrepresentation of Pakistani-heritage men in these crimes. The victims, mostly young white girls from impoverished communities, were viewed by perpetrators as “easy targets,” while Muslim girls were often “protected.”
This is not the first time British authorities have been accused of enabling the abuse. Past reports, including the Rotherham scandal, showed law enforcement and social services ignored or dismissed victims to avoid accusations of racism. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) previously found that police failed to act out of fear of stoking “racial tensions,” even as hundreds of girls were systematically abused.
The Casey review is also expected to call for a full national inquiry—one that addresses not only the ethnic and religious background of offenders but also the deliberate inaction of public officials and Labour-controlled councils. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed calls for a broader investigation, accusing critics of riding the “far-right bandwagon.”
Recent cases underscore the need for action. Just this week, seven men were convicted of raping and grooming two girls in Rochdale over a period starting in 2001. The victims, groomed from the age of 13, were given drugs and alcohol and “passed around for sex” by what the court believes were hundreds of men. Social services reportedly treated one victim as a “prostitute” by age ten. Three of the convicted offenders were born in Pakistan.
Currently, over 15,000 illegal immigrants have crossed the English Channel this year alone. Authorities fear the publication of the report could spark unrest, especially after recent violent incidents in Northern Ireland involving foreign nationals.
As Britain grapples with both a migrant crisis and a long-ignored epidemic of sexual exploitation, the Casey review is likely to reignite public demand for accountability—and for immigration reform that protects the vulnerable rather than shielding the guilty.
