Rochdale grooming gang ringleaders reportedly cannot be deported because Pakistan has relinquished their citizenship and will not take them back.
Politicians and members of the Pakistani government are believed to have been engaged in 'high-level talks' to allow Qari Abdul Rauf, 55, and Adil Khan, 54, to be deported.
The two, who are among the worst grooming offenders in Britain, were originally told they would be sent back to the country after being part of a gang convicted of a catalogue of serious sex offences against young girls in 2012.
Despite both being told they would be deported, and then losing appeals in 2018, the pair remain in the UK.
Although sources previously suggested progress was being made between the UK and Pakistan on the matter, it is reported that officials from the south Asian country have said it would be 'extremely difficult' to take the dangerous duo back.
