r/ukpolitics • • 14h ago

Man jailed for Starmer-linked arson attacks deported, Home Office says

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6x2vk44dv1xo
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u/Heliophrate 12h ago

So all of a sudden we're perfectly capable of deporting people

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u/harshmangat 8h ago

A lot easier to deport someone who's government are happy to cooperate with you.

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u/CycleWheel 10h ago

It’s done all the time, you just typically don’t hear about it as – as with any news – you only hear about the abnormal situations like “deportation failed” or “really high profile criminal deported”

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u/Feathers-n-Beaks 10h ago

Well, you can go and look at the actual government stats and see that deportations are not very high - These figures are public domain.

It's not only a case of seeing stuff that makes the front pages.

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u/Ankleson 5h ago

We deport all foreign national offenders who are are given a custodial sentence of 12 months or more via the UK Borders Act of 2007.

With the Article 8 changes, it will now be even easier to deport foreign offenders.

The information is out there if you go and look.

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u/bidahtibull 12h ago

This is done regularly in the criminal courts, and even immigration tribunals.

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u/Jangles 5h ago

He's Romanian.

We have open diplomatic relations with Romania. It's a safe country 

What relations do we have with the Taliban led Afghanistan?

Is sending someone back to Sudan in the midst of a genocide seen by the courts as effectively a death penalty?