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Lord Davies of Gower (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 June 2026

Debate

Refugee Move-on Period Pilot Evaluation Report

Contribution

The Government talk up, of course, the number of illegal migrants and failed asylum seekers they have returned, but the Minister knows that the number of enforced returns—those people the Home Office forcibly deports—was only 9,700, a small number in the grand scheme and scale of the problem. Given the significant number of people who are living in Britain illegally, what actions are the Government taking this year to ramp up deportation of those who have no right to be here?

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