Written Question·Home Office·UIN 47069

Undocumented Migrants: Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 22 April 2025
Answered: 30 April 2025

Question

Alex Easton

IndependentNorth Down

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on processing cases of irregular migrants who have been found to be involved in violent crime.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity. Under the UK Borders Act 2007, a deportation order must be made where a foreign national has been convicted of an offen...

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