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Angola & Namibia agree to take back illegal migrants & crooks (return to sender game) - C C - Dec 28, 2025
UK warns the DRC to take steps toward doing the same, or else...
https://news.sky.com/story/angola-and-namibia-agree-to-take-back-illegal-migrants-and-criminals-13487760
EXCERPTS: In November, Shabana Mahmood also warned the government would impose visa sanctions on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) if it refused to co-operate. While Angola and Namibia "have met the gold standard by agreeing to improve their processes, the DRC has failed to do so," the Home Office said.
It said as a result, VIPs and decision-makers in the African nation have now been stripped of preferential treatment and will have to apply for visas like everyone else, with fast-track visa processing services revoked for all the country's nationals.
The Home Office said there had been "some engagement" by the DRC but the home secretary warned "further measures" will be introduced unless co-operation improves, "up to a complete halt on visas".
[...] The measures are part of the government's efforts to scale up the removal and deportation of illegal migrants.
The Home Office said since July 2024, the government has deported nearly 50,000 people with no right to be in the UK, a 23% increase. During the same period, over 7,000 foreign national offenders have been returned from the UK... (MORE - missing details)
RE: Angola & Namibia agree to take back illegal migrants & crooks (return to sender game) - Syne - Dec 28, 2025
Following Trump's lead of halting visas (travel ban).