Deportation: Tamils

(asked on 12th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tamil asylum seekers have been deported from the UK to Sri Lanka in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 17th June 2019

The Home Office does not hold the information requested.

To provide the information would require a manual check of individual records which would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.

Data relating to the numbers of asylum seekers removed to Sri Lanka can be accessed in the link below:
Immigration: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned#data-tables

The UK has a proud history of granting asylum to those who need our protection. Each claim is carefully considered on its individual merits. We expect those with no legal right to remain in the country to leave.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions on asylum and human rights applications can be found on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-policy-and-information-notes

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