UK Deportation Flight to Jamaica Takes Off With Just 7 Onboard

UK Deportation Flight to Jamaica Takes Off With Just 7 Onboard
The sign outside the Home Office in Westminster, London in an undated file photo. Yui Mok/PA
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A UK deportation flight to Jamaica took off with just seven of the 112 people expected to be onboard as a result of “last-minute claims” facilitated by lawyers and MPs, the government has said.

In a statement to the House of Commons on May 18, Home Office minister Tom Pursglove said the individuals who were due to be deported on this flight were foreign criminals.