Friday 1 July 2022 02:03 AM Priti Patel aims to speed up deportations of foreign criminals to Nigeria by ... trends now
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Priti Patel has signed a major deal to speed up deportations of foreign criminals to Nigeria.
The Home Secretary’s agreement will see offenders receive new travel documents within five working days. It came as 13 Nigerians were removed on a Home Office flight yesterday.
They included eight foreign criminals and five immigration offenders, such as those who had overstayed UK visas.
Eight Ghanaians were also removed – three criminals and five immigration offenders. The deported criminals had been handed combined prison sentences of more than 64 years, a Home Office spokesman said.
The flight faced legal challenges by Left-wing groups and protesters at Derwentside immigration centre in County Durham on Wednesday. It is understood a
