347 foreign nationals sentenced and immigration offenders in the UK were removed from the territory back to their home country last month, of which 118 to Albania.
London/Tirana, 11 November 2022, dtt-net.com – British government said a total 347 foreign nationals sentenced and immigration offenders in the UK were removed from the territory back to their home country last month, of which 118 to Albania.
“Almost 350 foreign criminals and immigration offenders were removed from the UK by the Home Office during October” the government said.
“A total of 347 people were removed on five charter and multiple scheduled flights last month.
This included 230 foreign national offenders who were convicted of serious crimes including rape, assault, drug offences, possession of an offensive weapon and illegal entry”, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said.
The Home Office also returned 117 immigration offenders in October, including two people who arrived via small boats and were removed within 24 days, and another person who was removed within 27 days.
“Of the 347 people returned, 118 were to Albania, 39 to Brazil, 38 to Romania, 26 to Poland, 20 to Lithuania, among returns to over 40 other countries,” she said.
To date this year, the UK has removed over 10,400 individuals via enforced and voluntary returns, including over 2,500 foreign national offenders. Within that time, the French authorities have prevented over 29,000 crossings and destroyed over 1,000 small boats.
The Home Office has arrested 244 people since the Nationality and Borders Act became law in June. A total of 175 people have been charged, and 94 have received convictions amounting to total combined sentences of 53 years. Of the 244 arrests, 72 have been for facilitation of small boats crossings.
As part of government’s wider work to tackle illegal migration, the Home Office announced on Sunday that it was rolling out a successful pilot which doubled the number of asylum cases progressed per week by streamlining and digitising the system to speed up processes.
