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Four members of a child sex grooming gang have lost a legal battle to maintain British citizenship.
Shabir Ahmed, Adil Khan, Abdul Rauf and Abdul Aziz, all from Rochdale, challenged a government move that could pave the way for them to be deported to Pakistan.
Ringleader Ahmed, 63, previously claimed his convictions were a conspiracy to "scapegoat" Muslims.
Rochdale's MP called for the men to now be deported "as soon as possible".
Simon Danczuk said: "We welcome many people coming to the UK to contribute, but if they break the law they should lose their right to live here.
"Foreign-born criminals should not be able to hide behind human rights laws to avoid deportation."
All the men are of Pakistani nationality who acquired British citizenship by naturalisation.
The case centred on a proposal by then Home Secretary Theresa May to deprive them of British citizenship on the grounds that it would be "conducive to the public good".
More @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-38909352
This was a high-profile case back in 2012 . Like Rotherham this was another situation where the police failed
On 13 March 2015, Greater Manchester Police apologised for its failure to investigate child sexual exploitation allegations more thoroughly between 2008 and 2010.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_child_sex_abuse_ring
I seen this brought up again tonight on the BBC news. Considering the debates on GAF about deportation I think this is a valid case to study for the merits of terrible people losing citizenship and being sent back to where they emigrated from. More so if it is not currently a war zone.