Deportation: EEA Nationals
(asked on 20th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
Her Majesty's Government how many EEA nationals were deported from the UK on the grounds of (1) public policy, (2) public security, and (3) public health, in each of the last 5 years, under the derogations provided for by Article 27 of the Citizens' Rights Directive 2004/38/EC.
The Home Office does not hold the data requested.
Data on the number of EU nationals returned by type are published by the Home Office. The latest 12 months Q3 2016 to Q1 2017 can be found in the attached table.
Year | Total enforced returns | Enforced removals | Other returns from detention | Voluntary returns (excluding returns from detention) | Assisted returns | Controlled returns | Other verified returns | Total refused entry at port and subsequently departed |
2016 Q3 | 1,259 | 1,215 | 44 | 211 | 0 | 189 | 22 | 516 |
2016 Q4 | 1,299 | 1,222 | 77 | 202 | 0 | 181 | 21 | 606 |
2017 Q1 | 1,475 | 1,339 | 136 | 180 | 0 | 165 | 15 | 801 |
Table: Returns of EU nationals by type. Information has been extracted from rt_02q of the Returns tables of the latest Immigration Stats release, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615156/returns1-jan-mar-2017-tables.ods