Britain expelled a record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians to their home country.
According to the UK’s Guardian newspaper, 44 West African nationals were put on a plane last Friday.
The UK Home Office said in a report that the deportations of Nigerians and Ghanaians were part of a “significant increase” in migrant enforcement and returns.
The report noted that there has not been a similar number of forced returns to the two countries recently, with only four recorded since 2020.
Meanwhile, the Guardian has revealed that it spoke to four Nigerians who were being held at Brookhouse Immigration and Deportation Center near Gatwick Airport before their deportation.
One of them said he was “very traumatized” by what he had experienced.
“I have been in the UK as an asylum seeker for 15 years. I have no criminal record but the Home Office rejected my claim,” said another man.
Following the incident, a Home Office spokesperson said: “We have begun a major step-up in immigration enforcement and return operations to remove people who have no right to be in the UK and to ensure that rules are respected and enforced. have been returned,” he said. in the first two months of the new administration. ”
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