The United Kingdom has deported 43 individuals to Ghana and Nigeria as part of its intensified efforts to strengthen border security under its "Plan for Change" immigration policy.
The group included 15 failed asylum seekers and 11 foreign nationals who had completed prison sentences in the UK.
Seven of the individuals reportedly returned voluntarily.
According to gov.uk, the charter flight, which took off on Thursday, marks the second deportation operation to Ghana and Nigeria since the current government assumed office, bringing the total number of returnees to the two countries to 87.
