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Nigel Farage erupted at Labour after it emerged that one other international prisoner has been mistakenly launched from jail. The 24-year-old Algerian man was by accident free of HMP Wandsworth in south-west London on October 29.

It comes after migrant Hadush Kebatu was wrongly launched from HMP Chelmsford on October 24. In a put up on X, the Reform UK chief mentioned: “Another dangerous criminal is on the loose thanks to Labour. What a total farce.”

Shortly earlier than the information broke, David Lammy had been requested throughout PMQs whether or not any extra asylum seekers had been wrongly launched since Kebatu.

The Deputy Prime Minister, who additionally serves as Justice Secretary, repeatedly refused to say.

The Met Police mentioned the most recent mistake was solely reported to the pressure yesterday.

The prisoner was in jail for trespass with an intent to steal however has beforehand dedicated sexual offences. It is known he isn’t an asylum seeker.

In a press release, Mr Lammy mentioned he was “absolutely outraged” and that his officers have been “working through the night to take him back to prison”.

The inmate’s mistaken launch final Wednesday got here simply days after stronger safety checks have been put in place in prisons and an unbiased investigation was launched into releases in error following the blunder in Kebatu’s case.

The Epping migrant jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old lady and a lady, which sparked a wave of protests, was by accident free of jail as an alternative of being despatched to an immigration detention centre final month.

But of the most recent international prisoner launched in error, Mr Lammy is dealing with questions on what he knew in regards to the incident earlier than refusing to reply questions on the difficulty at PMQs.