UK-Pakistan
Returning criminals: UK-Pakistan ink deal
Islamabad: The United Kingdom government has signed a deal with Pakistan under which foreign criminals and immigration offenders from the UK can be returned to Pakistan.
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel appreciated the development and tweeted: "I'm proud to have signed a new landmark agreement with our Pakistani friends to return foreign criminals and immigration offenders from the UK to Pakistan."
"This deal shows our #NewPlanForImmigration in action, as we deliver for the British people," she said.
Our new 🇬🇧🇵🇰 agreement is about removing dangerous foreign criminals and immigration offenders who've no right to remain in the UK.
— Priti Patel (@pritipatel) August 17, 2022
The British public have quite rightly had enough of people abusing our laws & gaming the system to prevent removals.
That's what we're changing 👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/r4CHkILihn
A statement from the Pakistani High Commission said as quoted by Dawn News: “The agreement renews and updates, in a bilateral context an earlier agreement between Pakistan and the European Community regarding readmission of persons residing without authorisation concluded in Oct 2009. The bilateral agreement was necessitated by the exit of the UK from the European Union.”
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