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.
He said: “The offences committed by the individuals on this flight include rape of a minor, sexual assault against children, firearms offences, dealing and importing controlled drugs, and other violent crime, such as actual bodily harm. Between them they had a combined total of 58 convictions for 127 offences.”…