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Deportation

Commons · Question 28532 · Tabled 4 Feb 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 10 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Philp

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.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 10 Feb 2025

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.