Embattled British home secretary Charles Clarke is facing demands to appear in the Commons tomorrow to update MPs on the progress of a massive operation to track down more than 1,000 foreign criminals.
The Tories called for an urgent progress report on attempts to track down 1,023 offenders released from prison without being considered for deportation and arrest 79 of the most dangerous.
Shadow home secretary David Davis accused the Home Office of failing to keep the public informed and urged Mr Clarke to make a statement to Parliament when it returns after the Bank Holiday weekend tomorrow.
Mr Davis told BBC Radio 4's The World At One: "The Opposition, and indeed the press, have been asking the Home Office over the weekend how many of the 1,023 have been tracked down, how many of the 63 have been arrested?
"They refuse to answer those questions and it's not good enough for Charles to say some time this week, perhaps after the local elections are over or some such thing, I'll come back and tell you.
"I want to see an urgent statement in the House of Commons tomorrow so the public can know that these people who are putting them at risk are being brought in and where appropriate, I think most cases, deported."
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