Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what considerations are involved when deciding whether to return non-UK citizens to countries with a different legal system that might result in them being prosecuted for actions not regarded as criminal offences in the UK.

The fact that another country’s laws criminalise acts which are not regarded as criminal offences in the UK would not alone justify an individual’s non-return.

However, we would not enforce the removal of a non-UK citizen contrary to our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights.