The United Kingdom has deported 44 Nigerian and Ghanaian asylum seekers in its largest single flight deportation to date.
This action comes shortly after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a deal to relocate migrants arriving by small boats to the Chagos Islands.
The deportations are part of increased immigration enforcement by the UK government.
Since July, the UK has deported over 3,600 people to various countries, although deportations to Nigeria and Ghana have been rare, with only four such flights recorded since 2020.
One of the Nigerian deportees from the latest flight stated he was a victim of human trafficking, but his claim was rejected by the Home Office.
“I told the Home Office I was a victim of trafficking. They rejected my claim,” he said. Another deportee, who had lived in the UK for 15 years as an asylum seeker with no criminal record, also had his application denied.
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