Written Question·Home Office·UIN 14530

Sham Marriage: Deportation

Tabled: 15 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that those who exploit immigration marriage fraud to gain entry to the UK are (a) identified and (b) removed from the country.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Government takes abuse of the spouse and partner immigration routes very seriously and is clear that family migration must be based on a genuine and subsisting marriage or relationship.The marriage referral and investigation scheme, introduced across ...

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