General News of Saturday, 19 October 2024Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe United Kingdom has deported some Ghanaians and Nigerians to their home countries on one flight. The deportees 44 in number who left the UK on Friday, October 18, 2024, according to a report by theguardian.com, sighted by GhanaWeb, were forcibly removed as confirmed by the UK Home Office. Friday’s flight had more than double that number removed on a single flight," the report noted. The Guardian spoke to four Nigerians while they were held at Brook House immigration removal centre near Gatwick before their deportation. A second man said: “I’ve been in the UK for 15 years as an asylum seeker.

Source: The Guardian October 19, 2024 17:36 UTC