Nigeria: UK, Australia Deport 40 Nigerians for Immigration Offences
The United Kingdom and Australia yesterday deported 40 Nigerians for various immigration offences.
It was learnt that while the UK deported 36 Nigerians, comprising 29 males and seven females who arrived at the hajj camp area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos as early as 7:25am yesterday on chartered aircraft with registration number ZTA -4741, an Air Seychelles aircraft with the registration number SND-1 brought four males into the country for similar immigration offences from Australia.
Apart from Nigerians that were deported by the two countries, some citizens of Africa especially from Ghana, Liberia and Egypt were equally deported alongside the Nigerians.
The deportees it was gathered were returned from their host countries for overstaying their visas and other immigration offences.
