Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to (1) expel Dilshad Shamo and Ali Khdir from the UK following their sentencing on 10 April for involvement in people smuggling, and (2) permanently revoke any rights they have to live in or visit the UK in the future.

The Government’s top priority remains the safety and security of the United Kingdom and its citizens.

The Home Secretary has the power to deprive an individual of British citizenship where it was obtained by fraud, or where deprivation is conducive to the public good.

Deprivation on conducive grounds is used only for individuals who pose a threat to the UK or whose conduct is considered to involve very high harm, for example activities relating to national security (including terrorism and espionage), war crimes, serious and organised crime, or extremism and the glorification of terrorism.

The Government does not comment on individual cases or on operational activity however any referrals the Home Office receives relating to serious organised crime are subject to thorough investigation and decisions on deprivation are taken on a case-by-case basis.