THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS SAID IT IS INITIATING A NEW AGREEMENT ON MIGRATION COLLABORATION FOLLOWING THE DEPORTATION OF ABOUT 30 NIGERIANS AND EIGHT GHANAIANS WHO LANDED AT THE MURTALA MUHAMMED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN LAGOS.

THE UK GOVERNMENT IS REQUESTING FOR “MAJOR NEW AGREEMENT” WITH NIGERIA TO COLLABORATE ON MIGRATION ISSUES, FOLLOWING SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS WITH GHANA AND RWANDA, AS THE UK HOME OFFICE, RESPONSIBLE FOR MIGRATION ISSUES IN NIGERIA STATED THAT THE FLIGHT CARRIED ALSO EIGHT GHANAIANS.

THE FLIGHT THAT BROUGHT BACK THE DEPORTED NIGERIANS WAS OPERATED BY PORTUGUESE CHARTER CARRIER HI FLY, BUT IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHY THE NIGERIANS AND GHANAIANS IN THE FLIGHT WERE DEPORTED.

LAST MONDAY, THE UK GOVERNMENT HAD ALSO DEPORTED SOME NIGERIANS AND RECORDS HAD INDICATED THAT OVER 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE SO FAR BEEN DEPORTED FROM THE UK BETWEEN JANUARY 2019 AND MAY 2022.