The UK and Vietnam have agreed a landmark new agreement to crack down on illegal migration and fast-track the removals process.

Pact will see a sped-up returns process of those with no right to be in the UK, backed by biometric data sharing and streamlined documentation

Vietnamese were the largest single nationality small boats arrivals cohort in Q1 2024, and the fourth largest across the whole of 2024

The Prime Minister has today announced a new migration agreement with Vietnam – the strongest the Vietnamese government have ever agreed with another country – which streamlines our returns process with Vietnam and significantly strengthens our ability to remove illegal migrants with no right to be here, potentially enabling four times as many Vietnamese nationals to be returned to their

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