21 June 2007
In brief
The deportation rate for foreign national prisoners has nearly doubled since last year, the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) says. Launching its first business plan, the BIA says 2,784 foreign national prisoners were deported between April 2006 and March 2007, with 1,000 foreign national prisoners deported in the first three months of 2007 alone. It also says more failed asylum seekers were deported in 2006 than ever before. The business plan includes proposals to double front line enforcement capacity by April 2009 and the introduction of a points system for managing migration. The plan is available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
