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Deportation: France

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 22 October 2025UIN 82067

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of newly arrived illegal migrants that will be deported to France in 2025/26.

Answered by Alex Norris

Returns to France under the UK-France returns agreement commenced on 18 September 2025.

This is a pilot that we want to expand and therefore the numbers will vary. We will not go into the operational details as this would provide criminal smuggling gangs with information that they may use to continue to their vile trade.

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