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Hundreds of Jamaican prisoners held in UK jails to be repatriated
Source: The Guardian
Hundreds of Jamaican prisoners held in UK jails to be repatriated
Rowena Mason Political correspondent
Wednesday 30 September 2015 00.01 BST
Hundreds of Jamaican prisoners will be repatriated to their homeland to serve their sentences in a new jail to be built with £25m of UK foreign aid money, David Cameron will say.
On his first official trip to the Caribbean island, the prime minister will announce on Wednesday a deal with Jamaica to transfer prisoners to their country of citizenship without the need for their consent.
Under the terms of the agreement, Jamaican prisoners who have received sentences of four years or more, and who have more than 18 months left to serve, will be deported from 2020.
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The prisoner transfer agreement adds to deals that have been struck with Albania, Nigeria, Somaliland, Rwanda and Libya. However, the government considers an agreement with Jamaica particularly important because its citizens make up the third-largest prison population of foreign nationals.
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Rowena Mason Political correspondent
Wednesday 30 September 2015 00.01 BST
Hundreds of Jamaican prisoners will be repatriated to their homeland to serve their sentences in a new jail to be built with £25m of UK foreign aid money, David Cameron will say.
On his first official trip to the Caribbean island, the prime minister will announce on Wednesday a deal with Jamaica to transfer prisoners to their country of citizenship without the need for their consent.
Under the terms of the agreement, Jamaican prisoners who have received sentences of four years or more, and who have more than 18 months left to serve, will be deported from 2020.
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The prisoner transfer agreement adds to deals that have been struck with Albania, Nigeria, Somaliland, Rwanda and Libya. However, the government considers an agreement with Jamaica particularly important because its citizens make up the third-largest prison population of foreign nationals.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/30/uk-to-repatriate-hundreds-of-jamaican-prisoners
