More deportation drama as Britain deports 120 Nigerians

The British Government on Friday deported no fewer than 120 Nigerians from the U.K. for various immigration offences, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The deportees arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja in Lagos in the early hours of today.

The deportees were airlifted back home aboard a chartered cargo aircraft that landed at the cargo section of the international airport.

A reliable source told newsmen that the deportees were brought home in the early hours, so as not to draw undue attention from the public.

The deportees, comprising mainly young men and women, narrated their unsavoury experiences, saying that they were brought back home unprepared by the British authorities.

Many of them were said to have kept themselves busy, making telephone calls to their friends and relations on how to pick them at the airport.

The source said that the deportees also made frantic efforts to move their luggage which were packed in `Ghana Must Go’ bags from the cargo wing of the airport to the airport's main gate, preparatory to finding their ways out of the airport.

Some of the deportees were said to have expressed reservations over the way and manner they were brought home in a cargo aircraft.

Scores of airport workers stopped by to interact with the deportees, as some of them narrated their ugly experiences and not knowing what exactly to fall back on, now that they had returned to a country they left many years ago.

One of the deportees, a young lady, who declined to give her name said: "I am not interested in discussing why we were brought back home but my problem now is how to get out of this airport without drawing unusual attention.

"I must, however, add that it is not a pleasant experience,’’ she added.

This is coming after the south African Fg apologized for the deportation of Nigerians. Anyway, lets see how many Britons will be deported in retaliation.

Another deportee, a young man, lamented that they were sent home unprepared and wondered how he would be able to cope. (NAN)

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76 Nigerians deported from the United Kingdom.

The Government of the United Kingdom on Wednesday the 25th of October, deported 76 Nigerians back home.

The David Cameron led administration had previously imposed a migration cap focusing on non Europeans and this included Nigerians.

The Head of Immigration in the Nigerian High Commission UK, Mr. Muhammed Isa, confirmed the news of the deportation.




According to him the Nigerians affected were being deported for various immigration offences and criminal activities.

“The exercise commenced in 2005 following the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on migration returns between the two countries. It is also in line with global best practices,’’ Isa said.

He said officials of the UK and Nigeria would accompany the chartered flight conveying the deportees to Lagos to ensure that their human rights were protected.

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