Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to deport non-UK offenders who were deported after committing offences in the UK who subsequently returned to the UK and committed further offences.

A person is prohibited from entering the UK while a deportation order is in force. In the event that a person does so enter – by passing through or circumventing the immigration control - they will be deemed to have entered illegally. A deportee who enters the UK in breach of an extant deportation order will generally be removed by the immigration authorities as an illegal entrant.

A non-European Economic Area (EEA) foreign national offender who returns to the UK and commits further offences which result in a custodial sentence of 12 months or more will be considered for deportation under the UK Borders Act 2007. Where a non-EEA national has a custodial sentence of less than 12 months, they will be considered for deportation on non-conducive grounds under the Immigration Act 1971. An EEA national with a criminal conviction will be considered for deportation against the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2016 on the grounds of public policy, public security or public health.