article_snippet: Official figures show there are now close to 5,000 immigrants at large after being released from jail, a record high.
article_snippet: New figures released last month showed that the annual growth was instead closer to 300,000 – the highest level since 2005.
article_snippet: That represents an 18 per cent rise from the 4,153 recorded a year earlier.
article_snippet: Of those 4,903, 1,634 have been at large for more than five years.
highlights_snippet: Nearly 5,000 immigrants at large after being released from jail, figures show .
  