UK Conducts Mass Deportation of Jamaicans
Nearly 50 Jamaicans deported from the United Kingdom!
The individuals who have been forcibly removed from the UK, reportedly arrived on the island on Wednesday morning (September 7).
Immigration officials disclosed that the deported individuals will be released after processing.
Dozens of men and women were observed at the processing area, some with as many as five suitcases.
The deportees were reportedly removed from the UK for a range of reasons, including over stayers and even persons who have resided in the UK for many years but did not regularise their immigration status.
The decision to deport the close to 50 individuals has resulted in at least one migration support organisation labelling the move as racist.
According to The Unity Centre, a pressure group based in Glasgow which monitors deportations, the Home Office regularly books secret charter flights to deport people to countries including Nigeria and Pakistan, but this is the first charter flight to Jamaica since 2014.
In a statement, The Unity Centre says it spoke to more than 50 of the passengers who were booked on the flight, all of whom came to the UK as children and have failed to regularise their immigration status over the years.
“In the last few weeks, hundreds of individuals previously released on bail and temporary admission have been detained, in a deliberate act to prepare for this charter flight to Jamaica,” Unity Centre said in a press release.
“Many individuals have ongoing immigration cases and most cannot afford to pay the huge legal fees to regularise their stay. Everyone we have spoken to has been here since they were children and have no family or friends in Jamaica,” the organisation continued, noting “Their lives are here in the UK. Everyone we have spoken to has British family, children and partners, even grandchildren and extended family.”
Source: Loop Jamaica
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