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Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 July 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 July 2020. It was answered by Chris Philp (Conservative) on Friday, 10 July 2020 on behalf of the Home Office.

Deportation: Undocumented Migrants

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has deportation agreements for the return of nationals found illegally in the UK.

Answer

To support the facilitation of removing those individuals with no right to remain in the UK, the UK has formal returns or readmission agreements with the following countries:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, China, Georgia, Hong Kong, Iraq, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Montenegro, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam.

There are also formal returns arrangements for third-country nationals to other European countries through the Dublin Regulations.

To all other countries to which returns are enforced, the Home Office utilises informal bilateral processes.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
68278
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Deportation Undocumented migrants
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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