Written questions

Deportation: Nigeria

Commons · Question 122941 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 31 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-Nigeria partnership to speed up removals, what formal agreements underpin the new UK-Nigeria migration partnership announced on 19 March 2026

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 31 Mar 2026

On 18 March 2026, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood signed a UK-Nigeria Migration Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nigerian Interior Minister, the Hon. Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.Under the terms of the MOU, the Home Office will be able to facili...