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Deportation

Asked by Chris PhilpConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 10 February 2025UIN 28532

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will use sanctions including visa penalties on countries that do not cooperate with the removal of their nationals.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Where cooperation with countries on returns falls below the levels expected, and where appropriate, we stand ready to use all levers available to us to encourage cooperation, including the power to impose visa penalties.

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