Authorities in the United Kingdom have announced the deportation of 43 failed asylum seekers and foreign offenders to Nigeria and Ghana.
Speaking in a joint statement on Friday, the Home Office and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) stated that those deported had no right to be in the UK.
According to the statement, seven of the individuals returned voluntarily.
“Those removed had no right to be in the UK and included 15 failed asylum seekers and 11 foreign national offenders who had served their sentences. Seven people returned voluntarily,” it said.
The exact date of the deportation was not revealed, and it was not clarified whether all of those involved were citizens of Nigeria and Ghana or how many were sent to each country.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has supervised the two charter flights carrying 87 people to Nigeria and Ghana since assuming office in 2024.
44 Nigerian and Ghanaian asylum seekers were deported last year, the highest number of deportees in a single flight from the UK.