InfoMigrants By Marion MacGregor Published on : 2021/03/10
Twenty-six Afghan men arrived in Kabul early Wednesday on a deportation flight from Germany. Over 1,000 Afghan asylum seekers have now been returned from Germany since 2016.
On Wednesday (March 10) a chartered plane operated by Spanish company Privilege Style landed in the Afghan capital Kabul shortly after 7 a.m. carrying 26 Afghan men. It was the 37th deportation flight from Germany to Afghanistan since December 2016, bringing to 1,015 the number of asylum seekers sent back to Afghanistan since then.
Critics of group deportations continue to claim that Afghanistan is too dangerous for return, with attacks by Taliban militants occurring almost daily. The Islamic State militia also remains active in the country.
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Published 30 January 2021
It’s becoming alarmingly worrisome as more Nigerians are being deported for diverse acts overseas. By the time you are ready this, hopefully, some Nigerians in Saudi Arabia detained in detention centres would have arrived in the country. A video went viral recently showing some Nigerians in Saudi Arabia in a dehumanising state. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that that 802 Nigerians would return from the country between Thursday and Friday. The citizens, held at various detention centres over migration issues, would be received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by officials of the ministry. As expected amid the raging pandemic, the returnees would be quarantined at the Federal Capital Territory Hajj camp for 14 days in line with the COVID-19 protocols.
Jan 21, 2021
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In mid-January, we learned of the news that Norwegian would sadly be ending its long-haul operations in a bid to survive the pandemic.
Back in April 2020 the airline hoped that it would be able to restart long haul operations in April 2021 but the devastating effects of the pandemic on the airline industry were just too much for the Norwegian low-cost carrier.
At 1am on the 2nd of December, the Home Office forcibly deported 13 people to Jamaica in shackles. 37 of the intended “Jamaica 50” were granted a reprieve after successful legal challenges, with the Home Office admitting that some of the intended may be victims of trafficking. When that many are discharged it is impossible to view the deportation flights as a mistake. Instead, they are a tool in a system designed for racism and xenophobia - the same system that produced Windrush, which I believe was not an anomaly.
“Criminality not nationality” is Priti Patel’s justification for the flight. This is also what many argue is the difference between the Windrush scandal and the recent deportation flights in February and December. The victims of the former were members of the Windrush generation stripped of their citizenship, an unjust act because it was them and their ancestors who sustained the British economy. In contrast, the victims of the recent flight are deemed “seriou