Their parents nor caregivers did not apply for the twins’ citizenship

Once they get out of prison for separate sentences of “grievous bodily harm,” London-born twins Darrell and Darren Roberts could end up getting deported to two Caribbean countries that they have never previously visited.

In a BBC report, the 24-year-old twins had been issued with deportation notifications, and once their have served their jail time, they will be flown straight to Dominica and Grenada, the countries where their parents were citizens.

This is according to the siblings of the twins. The Home Office denied this information.

“The Home Office considers carefully all cases where an offender is suspected of being potentially liable for deportation and it has a particular responsibility where the offending is prolific or high harm,” a spokesman said. “Neither Darrell or Darren Roberts are currently detained under immigration powers nor are they subject to deportation orders.”

The Home Office automatically issues a deportation notice to non-citizens convicted of a reasonably serious offence with a sentence of more than 12 months.

But the BBC has seen a notice sent to one of the men that indicates the Home Office does intend to pursue deportation.

Neither parents obtained a UK citizenship. As per UK law, children born in the country to foreign parents can be eligible for British citizenship but cannot be automatically citizens.

Meanwhile, Darrell’s lawyer said his client was British and had served his six-year prison sentence for grievous bodily harm at the age of 17.

Darrell’s lawyer believes sending the his client to Dominica was an error because his father was born on the island of Dominica.

His twin Darren, meanwhile, will be deported to Grenada (his mother’s birthplace) after he has finished his own sentence for grievous bodily harm.

Ealing Council’s social services took cake of the twins when they were 13, following the death of their mother and their father returning to Dominica.

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Scotland has announced its list of 57 countries exempt from mandatory two-week quarantine upon arrival into the country.

The list is similar to UK’s Travel Corridor Exemption released earlier this week, minus Spain and Serbia.

Travel industry leaders in the country asked the Scottish government to include Spain on that list, citing that 60% of leisure flight arrivals are from Spain.

“It’s important we work quickly to bring the travel advice issued today in line with the rest of the UK. We’ve requested a meeting with the Scottish Government to discuss what further measures could be put in place that would allow the lifting of restrictions and prevent airlines from cancelling routes to what is one of Scotland’s most popular and important tourism destinations,” said Derek Provan, CEO of AGS Airports to insider.co.uk

However, the Scottish government said that it cannot lift the restrictions on people arriving from Spain and Serbia due to the higher prevalence of COVID-19 and a recent outbreak respectively in the two countries.

From 10 July, the quarantine for those arriving in Scotland will not be imposed if they come from countries included in the travel corridor list.

Those who have stopped off in a country not on the list will still be required to self-isolate for two weeks, as will travellers arriving into Scotland via an English port or airport if they have been in a country which is not on the exemption list.

All inbound travellers, whether visitors or UK residents, must provide a passenger locator form before their arrival into the country.

The measure is not necessarily reciprocal; for example, although travellers won’t have to self-isolate when returning from New Zealand, there is very little chance of them gaining entry there in the first place.

The list of exempt countries will be reviewed on 20 July.

Countries exempted from quarantine on arrival to Scotland

• Andorra
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Aruba
• Australia
• Austria
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belgium
• Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
• Croatia
• Curaçao
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Dominica
• Faroe Islands
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• French Polynesia
• Germany
• Greece
• Greenland
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macau
• Malta
• Mauritius
• Monaco
• Netherlands
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Poland
• Réunion
• San Marino
• Seychelles
• South Korea
• St Barthélemy
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Pierre and Miquelon
• Switzerland
• Taiwan
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turkey
• Vatican City
• Vietnam

Ireland is already exempt as part of the common travel area, as are the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. The 14 British Overseas Territories will also be exempt.

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