Second supplementary memorandum submitted
by the Home Office
PROGRESS IN THE DEPORTATION OF FOREIGN NATIONAL
PRISONERS
This is to confirm that I will be writing early
in the New Year to provide a further update on the progress in
the deportation of foreign national prisoners and, in doing so,
I will also respond to a number of points raised in the Committee's
session on 12 December.
When I update, I will provide further information
on the progress with foreign national prisoners, including on
the "more serious" category as well as the "most
serious" category which I covered in my letter of 12 December
and on reconvictions.
Ahead of my further update, and in view of the
media reporting, it might be helpful for me to clarify now the
position on the "most serious" category of cases. In
my letter, I said that one of the individuals had been located.
I can now tell the Committee that this individual has been detained.
As of today, just one case is outstanding in this category. The
media reporting has suggested that the offence in this case is
one of murder. As I explained in my letter, the offences covered
by the "most serious" category are murder, manslaughter,
rape and child sex cases. The outstanding case is not one where
the offence was murder.
When I write, I will provide information on
the recent compensation cases and explain how those cases reflect
their specific circumstances rather than transferring automatically
to the general position on detaining foreign national prisoners;
and I will also cover our legacy programme.
Lin Homer
Director General, Immigration and Nationality Directorate
14 December 2006
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