Repatriation: EU Nationals

(asked on 1st February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse is of including EU nationals in the voluntary returns scheme.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 3rd February 2021

EEA nationals may qualify for a voluntary return through the Voluntary Returns Service following the ending of free movement on 31 December 2020.

As an entirely voluntary scheme, it is not possible to accurately predict the volume of cases the service will receive. Equally, the cost of a voluntary return depends on the individual circumstances of the case, and therefore we are not able to provide a definitive figure.

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