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Deportation

Volume 476: debated on Wednesday 21 May 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many attempts to deport people to (a) Libya, (b) Algeria and (c) Jordan have failed in the last five years. (200507)

The information requested could be obtained only by the detailed examination of individual case records at disproportionate cost.

Details of total removals to Algeria, Jordan and Libya between 2004 and 2007, the only period for which we have access to management information, are in the following table:

DestinationNumber of removals

2004

2005

20061

20071

Total removals2 to Algeria

265

325

390

400

Refused entry at port and subsequently removed3, 4

45

70

70

80

Removed as a result of enforcement action and voluntary departures5

185

215

210

280

Left under AVR programmes

35

45

110

40

Total removals2 to Jordan

50

60

90

115

Refused entry at port and subsequently removed3, 4

25

15

25

25

Removed as a result of enforcement action and voluntary departures4

20

35

60

70

Left under AVR programmes

10

5

10

20

Total removals2 to Libya

50

90

110

140

Refused entry at port and subsequently removed3, 4

15

35

35

35

Removed as a result of enforcement action and voluntary departures5

30

55

60

90

Left under AVR programmes6

7

7

15

10

1 Provisional.

2 Includes enforced removals, persons refused entry at port and subsequently removed (including cases dealt with at juxtaposed controls), persons departing voluntarily after enforcement action had been initiated against them, persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes run by the International Organisation for Migration and those who it is established have left the UK without informing the immigration authorities.

3 Persons refused entry at port and subsequently removed (including cases dealt with at juxtaposed controls).

4 Includes removals which have been performed by Immigration Officers at ports using enforcement powers.

5 Established have left the UK without informing the immigration authorities.

6 Includes persons departing voluntarily after enforcement action had been initiated against them and those who it is established have left the UK without informing the immigration authorities.

7 Figures rounded to the nearest five (— = 0, * = one or 2). Figures may not sum to the totals shown because of independent rounding.

Notes:

1. Persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes run by the International Organisation for Migration.

2. May include some cases where enforcement action had been initiated.