The
Home Office spokesman told SaharaReporters in a written statement that “those
with no right to be in the UK should return home. We expect people to leave the
country voluntarily but, where they do not, Immigration Enforcement will seek
to enforce their departure.”
Online
reports from the BBC and other media outlets stating that the United Kingdom
deported 500 Nigerians have been proven false. According to these reports, 500
Nigerians arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport yesterday according
to the BBC.
SaharaReporters
spoke with the media unit of the UK Home Office, which oversees immigration and
travel in the UK, which stated “we can confirm approximately 50 people were
returned to Nigeria on a flight which arrived today.” The representative added
that 500 deportees was “extremely high” and ultimately untrue.
The
Home Office spokesman told SaharaReporters in a written statement that “those
with no right to be in the UK should return home. We expect people to leave the
country voluntarily but, where they do not, Immigration Enforcement will seek to
enforce their departure.”
According
to the Punch newspaper the Spokesperson for the Nigerian Immigration Services
(NIS), Ekpedeme King, stated that the 46 Nigerians were deported due to
immigration related offenses. He also stated that they were deported on issues
unrelated to the alleged plans by the UK government to deport 29,000 Nigerians.
The
BBC, which originally carried the story, has since retracted their story which
was displayed on their website.
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