43 failed asylum seekers and overseas offenders had been returned on a constitution flight to Nigeria and Ghana, as the federal government steps up worldwide collaboration to safe our borders.
The flight underscores the federal government’s progress restoring order to the immigration system via the Plan for Change, making certain guidelines are revered and those that break them are swiftly returned.
These eliminated had no proper to be within the UK and included 15 failed asylum seekers and 11 overseas nationwide offenders who had served their sentences. 7 individuals returned voluntarily.
For the reason that election, two constitution flights have taken off to the international locations, carrying a complete of 87 individuals and demonstrating the power of cooperation between the UK, Nigeria and Ghana on this vital difficulty.
Beneath this authorities, over 24,000 individuals have been returned, an 11% enhance on the identical interval 12 months prior, whereas 4 of the most important returns flights ever have taken off returning migrants to international locations throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.
Deportations of overseas nationwide offenders are additionally up 16% because the election, with 3,594 criminals eliminated.
Immigration Enforcement be sure that returns are carried out in a dignified and respectful method.
Minister for Border Safety and Asylum Angela Eagle mentioned:
“This flight demonstrates how worldwide partnerships ship on working individuals’s priorities for swift returns and safe borders. Via the Plan for Change we’re going additional in restoring order to a damaged system, accelerating returns of these with no proper to be right here and shutting costly asylum accommodations. I thank the governments of Ghana and Nigeria for facilitating this operation, which displays our joint dedication to disrupt organised immigration crime and shield our borders.”
Baroness Chapman of Darlington, FCDO Minister answerable for Irregular Migration mentioned:
“Working with different international locations and companions world wide is vital to tackling irregular migration – by working internationally, we are going to meet this world problem collectively. I welcome our robust cooperation with Ghana and Nigeria to return these with no proper to be within the UK, safe our borders, and ship on the Plan for Change.”
This operation follows the Organised Immigration Crime Summit, which noticed the UK convey collectively over 40 international locations, together with Nigeria and Ghana, to drive ahead the worldwide combat towards smuggling gangs and ship on the federal government’s mission to safe our borders.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Kingdom Overseas, Commonwealth and Growth Workplace.
