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<p>Foreign offenders should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them. Any
foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered
for deportation at the earliest opportunity. We make every effort to ensure that a
Foreign National Offender’s (FNO) removal by deportation coincides, as far as possible,
with their release from prison on completion of sentence. More than 12,200 FNOs have
been removed since January 2019 protecting victims and making our streets safer.</p><p>The
Home Office publishes data on the number of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) returned
from the UK in each quarter in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&data=04%7C01%7CJill.Rice1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cfc8f1d82aeee4a25ee6b08d9686ee184%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637655647702469179%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=y%2BdbCtt3J2CuWoeHsX85Md6Uj4ZFvB%2BtsDybcn8Lc48%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Immigration statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.
The latest data, published on 24 November 2022, can be found in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118243/returns-summary-sep-2022-tables.ods"
target="_blank">Returns-summary-sep-2022-tables.ods</a> (Tables Ret_02a/Ret_02b) and
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets#returns"
target="_blank">Detailed Returns tables</a> (Table Ret_D03/D04). Figures relate to
year ending June 2022.</p><p>We deal with significant and complex challenges when
seeking to return those who have no right to be in the UK to their country of origin
or lawful place of return. These challenges can include travel documentation, late
applications, late appeals and broader non-compliance with a lawful returns process.
The Nationality and Borders Act will make it easier and quicker to remove FNOs and
those with no right to be in the UK. The new legislation extends the period an FNO
can be removed from prison under the early removal scheme (ERS) from a maximum of
9 months to 12 months, providing the minimum requisite period has been served. The
Act will also streamline the appeals process by introducing an expanded One Stop Process
aimed at reducing the extent to which people can frustrate removals through sequential
or unmeritorious claims, appeals or legal action.</p>
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