Written questions

Deportation: Nigeria

Commons · Question 122943 · 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 mechanisms are in place to monitor compliance by Nigerian authorities with the terms of the ag

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...