Deportation: Nigeria
Commons · Question 122944 · 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, how many additional Nigerian nationals above the current 1,150 annual returns rate has she estimate
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...