‘Blind eye’ to sex offenders

THE British government has “turned a blind eye” to sex offenders and paedophiles living in a “twilight zone” of international travel, according to a recent report.

Children’s rights charity ECPAT UK says Britain is failing to prevent child sex tourism, with “repeat offenders travelling from country to country and flagrantly avoiding the stringent sex offender mechanisms in the UK”.

The charity is calling for stronger co-operation with foreign governments to deport and chaperone paedophiles so they can be put on the sex offenders’ register, tracked and perhaps have travel restricted.