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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-03-01more like thismore than 2022-03-01
answering body
Home Office remove filter
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Deportation: Zimbabwe more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the deportation flight to Zimbabwe scheduled for 2 March 2022 in the context of violence against political opposition supporters in that country in recent days. more like this
tabling member constituency Glasgow North more like this
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Patrick Grady more like this
uin 132291 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-03-07more like thismore than 2022-03-07
answer text <p>We make no apology for seeking to remove those with no right to remain in the UK and foreign criminals. That is why we regularly operate charter flights to different countries - to remove foreign criminals who abuse our hospitality by committing crimes here, and those who have no right to be in a country, but refuse to leave voluntarily.</p><p>Individuals are only returned to their country of origin where claims have been unsuccessful, and the Home Office and, where applicable, the Courts deem it is safe to do so, with a safe route of return. By definition, those persons do not need protection and are not at risk on return.</p><p> </p><p>We are monitoring the situation there, working with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Our general assessment of risk for political opponents to the government remains set out in our published <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fzimbabwe-country-policy-and-information-notes&amp;data=04%7C01%7CLinda.Tedder%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1f2edd75aaf447f3914a08d9fc381539%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637818140060513447%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=XjAJ%2F4xone%2Fmjm7HealhSUmmY8p2P8NroA8CaaFAQ0w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">country policy and information note of September 2021</a>.</p>
answering member constituency Corby more like this
answering member printed Tom Pursglove more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-03-07T12:44:00.413Zmore like thismore than 2022-03-07T12:44:00.413Z
answering member
4369
label Biography information for Tom Pursglove more like this
tabling member
4432
label Biography information for Patrick Grady remove filter