Offenders: Deportation

(asked on 3rd November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on deporting offenders who have grown up in the UK.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 12th November 2020

Under the UK Borders Act 2007 passed by the last Labour Government, the Home Secretary has a duty to deport a foreign criminal who is convicted in the UK and sentenced to a period of imprisonment of 12 months or more unless an exception applies. Where the automatic deportation threshold is not met, the Home Office will consider deportation under the Immigration Act 1971 where the person is a serious or persistent offender. Currently, European Economic Area (EEA) nationals are deported in accordance with European Union (EU) law on the grounds of public policy or public security. The UK’s departure from the EU means that, in future, an EEA national who commits an offence after the end of the transition period (31 December 2020) will be considered under the same deportation thresholds that apply to non-EEA nationals.

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