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Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

Asked by Mr Peter BedfordConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 14 February 2025UIN 30027

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal migrants have been deported since 5 July 2024.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

We pledged to deliver the highest rate of removals since 2018 and this has been surpassed, with a surge in returns activity since the election leading to nearly 19,000 people with no right to be in the UK being removed. Of the total returns since 5 July 2024, 2,925 have been of foreign national offenders (FNOs), an increase of 21% compared to the same period 12 months prior.

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