Nigerian deported from United Kingdom arrive Lagos

No fewer than 500 Nigerians were reportedly deported by the government of the United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday.

It has been reported that the authorities plans to deport 29,000 Nigerians.

Before the latest deportation, two anti-deportation activists glued themselves to the gate of an immigration centre near London’s Heathrow airport, in an attempt to stop the chartered flight to Nigeria from leaving, Press Association (PA) news agency reports.

It was learnt that the deportees were not happy to be back and those who did not have relatives in Lagos are now stranded in the airport.

Over the years deportees arriving the country often come through the Hajj and Cargo Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed global Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the implication is that they (deportees) are not regarded as regular passengers because of the necessary documentation that would be made about each of them for future purposes.

Most of the deportees are however unhappy that they have been returned to the country of their birth.

The Nigerians, alongside many others from Ghana and Sierra-Leone, were sent parking for lacking valid immigration papers.

NAN recalled that the Acting Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Olukunle Bamgbose, had recently disclosed that the UK Government had plans to deport about 29,000 Nigerians.