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Pakistan: Deportation

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 22 January 2025UIN 24555

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing records of meetings with the Pakistani government on the deportation of Pakistani national prisoners.

Answered by Mr Hamish Falconer

This Government is fully committed to making our communities safer by deporting those who break our laws. Despite significant and complex challenges when seeking to return foreign national offenders.

I raised these issues with Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi during my visit to Pakistan in November 2024. We do not routinely publish records of private meetings with the Government of Pakistan which form part of our day-to-day diplomatic relations.

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