British Prison Blunder Releases Convicted Asylum-Seeker, Exposing Systemic Immigration Failures

In a glaring display of governmental incompetence, British authorities are scrambling to locate Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, an Ethiopian national sentenced for sexual assault, who was mistakenly released from prison last week. This error not only endangers innocent citizens but also highlights the broader failures in the U.K.'s immigration and border control policies—failures that directly impact American interests by emboldening similar lax approaches globally. Kebatu’s case struck a nerve across the United Kingdom when he was convicted last September for multiple offenses, including the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl shortly after arriving illegally by boat. Yet despite this conviction, prison...