'Vile' Rapist Faces Deportation After Judge Rejects Bisexuality Claim as UK Ramps Up Foreign Criminal Removals

An Egyptian asylum seeker failed in a last-ditch effort to stay in the UK after a judge rejected his claim of bisexuality. Karam Majdi, 27, argued that deportation would expose him to persecution in Egypt, but the tribunal ruled he had not proved his sexuality and remained a danger to the public.

Majdi has been serving half of his seven-year sentence for raping a 14-year-old girl he met online in 2017. The incident was described during trial as an 'opportunistic' and 'vile' attack that left the victim's thighs black and blue as Majdi pinned her down despite protests.

Bisexuality Claim Rejected

The asylum seeker has been the subject of deportation proceedings, following his conviction. Majdi argued that returning him to Egypt would expose him to persecution because of his claimed bisexuality. While Egypt does not explicitly criminalise homosexuality, LGBTQ+ people have faced prosecution under public-morality and related laws.

Judge R. Abdar said Majdi failed to prove his bisexuality and has also failed to convince the court that he is not a danger to society. 'I am satisfied that the appellant has failed to rebut the presumption of the appellant posing a danger to the community. I am not satisfied that the Appellant is bisexual.'

The court also learned that Majdi committed further offences after his rape conviction. He was released from a youth offender prison in 2021. Since then, he has been convicted and fined for possession of cocaine and driving without a licence and insurance.

He is also due to appear in court next year over an allegation that he possessed 'a personal quantity of cannabis.' The tribunal also rejected aspects of his account about his nationality and relationships.

Majdi initially claimed to be Syrian, saying he arrived in Britain by boat as an unaccompanied child in 2016. He claimed that documents supporting his account had been lost at sea.

However, the court and the Home Office established Majdi's true nationality through a specialist linguistic analysis of his spoken Arabic conducted during the initial asylum application processing.

George Mavrantonis, representing the Home Office, argued during the hearing: 'There is only evidence towards his attraction to girls and none towards men. The sexuality claim must fail under the circumstances.'

Majdi told the court that he has been in a relationship with two men, but he no longer has contact with either of them. 'Since we broke up, we do not speak. I've nothing else to say because we have no contact.'

The Home Office is determined to deport Majdi. 'We will do everything in our power to deport this dangerous criminal and will continue to resist all appeals against his deportation,' a spokesperson said.

UK Steps Up Foreign Criminal Returns

The spokesperson also said: '11,733 foreign criminals, including murderers and rapists, have been removed since the last election, a 41 per cent increase on the last two years of the previous government.'

The Home Office is ramping up returns of foreign nationals. Home Office figures show that 41,000 returns were recorded in the year ending June 2026, an 8% increase from 38,000 the previous year.

There is a consistent increase in enforced returns—people subject to administrative removal or deportation—since 2021, the Home Office also reported. There were 9,700 returns this year. Of the 41,000 returned, a large majority come from voluntary returns (31,000), a 9% increase from the previous period.