Offences against Children
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will deport (a) foreign nationals prosecuted for membership of a rape gang, (b) UK dual nationals prosecuted for membership of a rape gang scandal and (c) foreign national family members of those prosecuted with complicit knowledge.
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle
Any foreign national convicted of a crime in the UK and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.
Section 3(5)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971 also provides for the deportation of a family member of a person being deported. This includes the spouse, civil partner or children under the age of 18.
British citizens who have dual nationality have a right of abode in the United Kingdom and are not liable to deportation.
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