PRITI Patel has introduced visa sanctions against countries refusing to take deportations from the UK.
The Home Secretary has applied slow-down measures to paperwork for Gambian applicants.
Ms Patel said The Gambia repeatedly ignored calls and only accepted four criminals last year. Countries such as Sierra Leone, Eritrea, Cambodia and Vietnam are also understood to have poor records on deportations.
Priti Patel said those staying cost the UK taxpayer by using public services and make a mockery of the rules.
She told Trending In The News on Sunday: “Countries around the globe must work with us to take back their own nationals if they abuse our hospitality by committing crimes.
“However, some countries do not cooperate on returns and so we will impose visa penalties on countries who refuse to take criminals back.
“We rightly take back British citizens who commit crimes abroad and other countries do the same.”
About 11,000 criminals in the UK are awaiting deportation, stats show, up from 4,000 ten years ago. There are about 6,000 failed asylum-seekers who receive support but are difficult to return owing to a lack of assistance from their home nations.
New powers in the Nationality and Borders Bill could also see additional costs added to visas or the suspension of visas entirely until the situation improves.
The Home Secretary renewed calls for greater cooperation to tackle illegal migration, insisting: “Our asylum system is broken, but we will fix it.”
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