We expect those with no legal right to remain in the country to leave.

[vetran]

The problem is that lots of people are deported some may have sympathetic sounding cases. The good thing is that while enforced deportation is down the deportation of Foreign criminals and refusal of entry is up.


https://www.gov.uk/government/public...ary-departures

Enforced removals from the UK decreased by 5% to 12,056 in 2015 compared with the previous year (12,627). This is the lowest level since the series began in 2004.

The number of passengers refused entry at port and who subsequently departed has increased by 8% in 2015, to 17,279 from 15,993 for the previous year. While the figure is considerably lower than that in 2004 (36,167), the number refused entry at port and subsequently departing has been increasing slowly since 2012.

In 2015, provisional data show that 5,602 foreign national offenders (FNOs) were removed from the UK, using enforcement powers or via deportation. This was a 6% increase on the previous year (5,286) and the highest number since the series began in 2009.

[scooterscot]

The UK (apart Scotland of course) is a country made up of immigrants.

There's something ironic with resident immigrants vote of anti-immigration laws.

[northernladyuk]

The UK (apart Scotland of course) is a country made up of immigrants.

There's something ironic with resident immigrants vote of anti-immigration laws.

[SueEllen]

According to SueEllen and the other Remnants we have always had control of our borders and it's our own fault for not enforcing the rules. But when we enforce the rules we get this. Makes the Remnants argument a bit of a joke.

You clearly live a sheltered life and don't know people refused entry or deported.

You can enforce rules and be fair doing so.

However the Home Office has been shown in some circumstances to be unfair hence you get the cases highlighted in the media.

[vetran]

The UK (apart Scotland of course) is a country made up of immigrants.

There's something ironic with resident immigrants vote of anti-immigration laws.

So is America, Australia & New Zealand.


You know our immigrants mainly came 1000 years ago and in the last 50 years?

[NigelJK]

However the Home Office has been shown in some circumstances to be unfair incompetent (again)

FTFY

[northernladyuk]

I think we can all agree that the important thing is that the rules have been applied and she is out of the country.

[GB9]

The Brexit reason for leaving the EU that the EU controls our borders, to an extent, rather than us, when it comes to EU citizens. Bremainers said "no, we do have control, we're just not taking control, because it's easier to blame the EU than take action".

FTFY. Do you see the problem with your argument now?

Let me spell it out for you in simple terms: This woman is not an EU citizen.

OK, ignore the point then.

[BrilloPad]

They should concentrate on getting rid of the problem people, not those like her or this one who do not appear to have deliberately done anything wrong.

They seem to go for easy targets just to boost the numbers while criminals are allowed to spend our money defending their "human rights"

The country is full.

[d000hg]

Good to see the government are tackling tricky issues with their normal level of tact and care. Or is it just that the backlog is 27 years long?!