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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Most Jamaicans facing deportation flight came to UK as children, study shows

Colnbrook immigration removal centre near Heathrow airport
The 20 Jamaicans are detained in three immigration removal centres including Colnbrook, near Heathrow airport. Photograph: Mark Kerrison/Alamy

Most of the Jamaicans facing deportation from the UK on a controversial Home Office charter flight next week arrived in Britain as children, according to analysis passed to the Guardian.

It is not known how many Jamaican nationals are due to be on the 18 May flight but numbers on the last four Jamaica deportation flights have been decreasing steadily – from 17 to 13, to seven and then four.

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