However, both arguments were subsequently rejected by the information watchdog.
Recent research found Afghan nationals were seven times more likely to commit sexual offences.
Robert Bates, Research Director at the Centre for Migration Control, told GB News: “The public have clearly lost faith in this government to protect our borders and keep us safe.
“The vast majority of the country wants every single foreign criminal removed, yet Andy Burnham’s ‘EU reset’ looks set to make it even harder to deport foreign criminals.
“The Ministry of Justice must now publish migrant crime data in full, end the cover-up, and let the public see the full scale of the crisis.”
Meanwhile, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp told The Daily Express: “It took me a year to get these figures out of the Home Office, which spent a year trying to hide them and only released them last week when faced with an appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
“Now the shameful truth is clear – while large numbers of Eastern European criminals are deported, very few are deported to countries outside Europe.