Removal of Foreign National Offenders and EU Prisoners Debate

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Jim Shannon

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Removal of Foreign National Offenders and EU Prisoners

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Monday 6th June 2016

(7 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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The reason for legislating to have the tags is to be able to identify where people are, so that when the circumstances allow for deporting them, it is easier for us to do so.

Jim Shannon Portrait Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP)
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I thank the Home Secretary for her answers so far. Does she recognise that the Government’s failure to deport more EU murderers and rapists undermines the case for remaining in the EU, particularly when housing EU convicts in UK jails costs the taxpayer some £150 million each year? What has been done to reduce that drain on our financial resources?

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The number of European economic area foreign national offenders who have been deported has tripled since 2010-11, from just over 1,000 to well over 3,000. We are making progress in that field.

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