6. Deportation and administrative removal
‘Deportation’ is a procedure under which a person without the right of abode (see
here) is removed from the UK and excluded from re-entering for at least 10 years, or for as long as the deportation order remains in force. Deportation is most often used when someone has been convicted of a serious criminal offence or is considered to be a persistent offender, but anyone whose presence is deemed by the Secretary of State to not be conducive to the public good is liable to be deported.
Deportation is not the same as ‘administrative removal’, which is the procedure for removing someone who has entered the UK illegally or breached her/his conditions of leave – eg, by overstaying.
If you are being considered for deportation or administrative removal, you may, whether or not you have leave to enter or remain, be detained or given immigration bail (see
here).