Written question asked by Ross Thomson (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 June 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 June 2019. It was answered by Caroline Nokes (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 June 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.

Deportation

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported to countries with which the UK holds a Memorandum of Understanding since 2013.

Answer

The Home Office does not separately record returns by the arrangements that support them including Memoranda of Understanding (MOU), with foreign countries and as such the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost

The UK has a range of returns arrangements with receiving countries including bilateral MOU, EU Readmission Agreements, formal readmission agreements and informal operational arrangements which provide the basis for administrative removal and deportation. There are also formal returns arrangements for third-country nationals to other European countries through the Dublin Regulations.

The latest published statistics for the number of returns to individual countries is available from the GOV.uk website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/803187/returns5-mar-2019-tables.ods

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 267362
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Deportation
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Deportation

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