HC Deb 18 July 1985 vol 83 c230W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people from Central and South America were deported in each year between 1970 and the present time; what were the reasons for these deportations; and to which countries they went.

Mr. Waddington

The available information, which is for 1973–84, is given in the following table. It is the normal practice to remove a person to the country of which he is a national, unless he can show that he is acceptable to another country. Information on the numbers removed to other countries is not readily available.

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