Homelessness: Repatriation

(asked on 17th November 2015) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from (a) EU and (b) non-EU countries who have been classified as homeless have been returned to their home countries in each year since 2010.


Answered by
James Brokenshire Portrait
James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 24th November 2015

The Home Office does not record information in relation to homelessness. We do encounter rough sleepers during enforcement operations and, depending on the individual circumstances, non-UK rough sleepers can be removed or deported. In these situations, the Immigration Enforcement teams will ensure that vulnerable individuals are also connected to support services in their home countries.

For vulnerable individuals who are sleeping rough on the streets, there are locally funded reconnection services they can approach voluntarily to help them return to their home countries voluntarily and connect into support services there. We do not hold data on those who are returned using this service.

Therefore, any information we hold does not provide a complete and accurate picture of those who have returned home.

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