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Deportation

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 20 January 2025UIN 23572

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many chartered flights for the deportation of illegal migrants there were in each of the last five years; and how many such migrants there were on each such flight.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The table below shows the number of flights chartered in each of the last five years, and the total number of individuals who were returned or removed on these flights.YearFlightsIndividuals2020478832021641,2982022621,5662023602,6222024663,533

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