11 deportation charter flights have left the UK in 2019.
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The deportation notices of 737 of the 1,064 people who were told to leave UK in 2019 have been revoked. This is according to exclusive data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by City News.
The Home Office have now dropped over two-thirds of all the deportation cases between January and April 2019.
Compared to the same time frame in 2017, the number of cases revoked has increased by 5%. Whilst this might seem positive, it does mean that these individuals often feel they are left in limbo.
There is currently very little research into the long-term mental effects that ongoing immigration cases can have on a person’s mental health.
“People who come from traumatised backgrounds find that the detention process impacts every aspect of their lives”, says Dr Christina Curry, a psychotherapist with the Helen Bamber Foundation.
“In essence, their lives are on hold. It’s a perfect storm really, removing all the aspects of life that make for a meaningful life.”
Deportation due to criminal convictions
Deportation is the action of expelling a foreigner from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or for having committed a crime.
These latest figures show that only 15% of the deportation cases were because of a criminal conviction. This has risen from 12% in 2017.
In addition, eleven charter flights have been used this year to deport individuals from the UK.
Charter flights like these have been controversial in the past. In an incident in March 2017, the ‘Stansted 15’ broke into Stansted airport and chained themselves to an immigration removal flight. The anti-deportation activists were convicted of endangering the safety of an aerodrome.
In the UK alone, 27,000 on average are detained by the Home Office each year.
For the full data set, please visit the link here.
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StandfirstHundreds of people issued with removal directions in the UK have had their notices dropped, effectively leaving them in limbo.
The deportation notices of 737 of the 1,064 people who were told to leave UK in 2019 have been revoked. This is according to exclusive data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by City News.
The Home Office have now dropped over two-thirds of all the deportation cases between January and April 2019.
Compared to the same time frame in 2017, the number of cases revoked has increased by 5%. Whilst this might seem positive, it does mean that these individuals often feel they are left in limbo.
There is currently very little research into the long-term mental effects that ongoing immigration cases can have on a person’s mental health.
“People who come from traumatised backgrounds find that the detention process impacts every aspect of their lives”, says Dr Christina Curry, a psychotherapist with the Helen Bamber Foundation.
“In essence, their lives are on hold. It’s a perfect storm really, removing all the aspects of life that make for a meaningful life.”
Deportation due to criminal convictions
Deportation is the action of expelling a foreigner from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or for having committed a crime.
These latest figures show that only 15% of the deportation cases were because of a criminal conviction. This has risen from 12% in 2017.
In addition, eleven charter flights have been used this year to deport individuals from the UK.
Charter flights like these have been controversial in the past. In an incident in March 2017, the ‘Stansted 15’ broke into Stansted airport and chained themselves to an immigration removal flight. The anti-deportation activists were convicted of endangering the safety of an aerodrome.
In the UK alone, 27,000 on average are detained by the Home Office each year.
For the full data set, please visit the link here.
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