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<p>Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is
considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity. Where appropriate, the Government
will also seek to permanently remove foreign criminals from the UK via the Early Removal
Scheme once they have served the minimum required of their sentence. This is our best
performing removal scheme with 5,262 Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) having been
removed between January 2019 and June 2022.</p><p>The Home Office removed 16,676 foreign
national offenders since January 2019 to September 2023. Published figures show that
FNO returns have increased in the latest 12-month period (ending September 2023) by
19% when compared to previous 12-month period.</p><p>Our new Prisoner Transfer Agreement
with Albania entered into force in May 2023 and we have signed a new Prisoner Transfer
Agreement with the Philippines. We are looking to negotiate new Prisoner Transfer
Agreements with key EU Member States and wider-world countries</p><p>Foreign national
offender removals via Prisoner Transfer Agreements since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year:</p></td><td><p>Removals:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">23</del><ins class="ministerial">33</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Countries or Territories we have removed foreign national offenders to via
Prisoner Transfer Agreements since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>Slovakia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>Slovenia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>Macedonia</p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda</p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>Sri
Lanka</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>Montenegro</p></td><td><p>St
Helena</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>Turkey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman</p></td><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>Ukraine</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>Vietnam</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"> Iraq</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>Saudi</p></td><td><p>
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