Upto a fifth of killers in the UK are foreigners,mostly Polish,Nepalese,Somalian and Sri Lankan,a report said on Monday. Out of 371 individuals accused or convicted of murder or manslaughter last year,79 were from abroad - more than 21 per cent,The Daily Mail said in a report. Foreign immigrants make up only about a tenth of the UKs 60 million population. In London,almost 40 per cent of those in such cases in the past year were from overseas. The most common nationality of foreigners involved in murder and manslaughter cases was Polish,followed by Nepalese,Lithuanian,Somalian and Sri Lankan. In London,93 people out of the 233 accused or convicted of murder and manslaughter were either non-British or from unknown backgrounds. The figures showed foreigners were also more likely to be victims of murder or manslaughter,accounting for 20 per cent of all those killed in England and Wales in 2007-08,and 13 per cent last year.
