More disclosure of suspects’ immigration status needed, Cooper says

Guidance for police on sharing the immigration status and ethnicity of crime suspects “needs to change”, the home secretary has said, following calls for details to be released of two men arrested over the alleged rape of a 12-year-old in Warwickshire.

Yvette Cooper said guidance for police forces on disclosing personal information “needs to change”.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage had previously called the police’s decision not to publish it a “cover-up”.

The men under suspicion of rape are reportedly Afghan. Warwickshire County Council’s Reform UK leader alleges they are asylum seekers. Police have not confirmed this.

Asked if she believed such information should be in the public domain, Yvette…