Deportation
(asked on 6th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many charter deportation flights took place in 2021; and how many deportees were on each of those flights.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This Government’s priority is keeping the people of this country safe, and we make no apology for seeking to remove dangerous foreign criminals. Foreign nationals who abuse our hospitality by committing crimes should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them.
Charter flight operations are an important means to return disruptive individuals or where they are limited scheduled routes, particularly during the global Coronavirus pandemic. We manage the charter programme flexibly, balancing it with the use of scheduled flights to best respond to operational needs.
In the calendar year 2021 – The Home Office operated 63 flights removing 1365 individuals.
FLIGHT DATE | DESTINATION | NUMBER OF PEOPLE REMOVED |
13/01/2021 | ROMANIA | 25 |
19/01/2021 | LITHUANIA | 23 |
26/01/2021 | POLAND | Less than 10 |
04/02/2021 | ROMANIA | 34 |
11/02/2021 | LITHUANIA | 16 |
18/02/2021 | POLAND | 16 |
25/02/2021 | HUNGARY & BULGARIA | 15 |
02/03/2021 | ROMANIA | 20 |
09/03/2021 | LITHUANIA | Less than 10 |
18/03/2021 | POLAND | 13 |
24/03/2021 | ROMANIA | 12 |
31/03/2021 | LITHUANIA | 20 |
08/04/2021 | HUNGARY & BULGARIA | 11 |
13/04/2021 | ROMANIA | 30 |
15/04/2021 | POLAND | 23 |
19/04/2021 | ALBANIA | 20 |
21/04/2021 | VIETNAM | 27 |
27/04/2021 | ROMANIA | 29 |
29/04/2021 | POLAND | 15 |
06/05/2021 | HUNGARY & BULGARIA | Less than 10 |
11/05/2021 | LITHUANIA | 22 |
13/05/2021 | ALBANIA | 30 |
18/05/2021 | POLAND | 18 |
20/05/2021 | ALBANIA | 29 |
25/05/2021 | ROMANIA | 30 |
27/05/2021 | ALBANIA | 24 |
03/06/2021 | ALBANIA | 31 |
10/06/2021 | ALBANIA | Less than 10 |
15/06/2021 | LITHUANIA | 15 |
17/06/2021 | ALBANIA | 19 |
22/06/2021 | POLAND | 18 |
24/06/2021 | ROMANIA | 20 |
01/07/2021 | ALBANIA | 37 |
06/07/2021 | SPAIN & PORTUGAL | Less than 10 |
13/07/2021 | ROMANIA & LITHUANIA | 30 |
15/07/2021 | ALBANIA | 12 |
21/07/2021 | ZIMBABWE | 14 |
28/07/2021 | VIETNAM | 20 |
03/08/2021 | POLAND | 13 |
05/08/2021 | ALBANIA | 22 |
10/08/2021 | JAMAICA | Less than 10 |
17/08/2021 | POLAND & ROMANIA | 22 |
19/08/2021 | ALBANIA | 27 |
25/08/2021 | ZIMBABWE | Less than 10 |
01/09/2021 | NIGERIA & GHANA | Less than 10 |
14/09/2021 | POLAND & ROMANIA | 33 |
16/09/2021 | ALBANIA | 34 |
28/09/2021 | LITHUANIA | 18 |
30/09/2021 | ALBANIA | 39 |
05/10/2021 | POLAND & ROMANIA | 29 |
07/10/2021 | ALBANIA | 22 |
13/10/2021 | ALBANIA | 16 |
21/10/2021 | ALBANIA | 29 |
27/10/2021 | LITHUANIA | 18 |
02/11/2021 | ROMANIA | 19 |
04/11/2021 | ALBANIA | 35 |
10/11/2021 | JAMAICA | Less than 10 |
16/11/2021 | POLAND | 14 |
18/11/2021 | ALBANIA | 13 |
30/11/2021 | ROMANIA | 30 |
02/12/2021 | LITHUANIA | 10 |
09/12/2021 | ALBANIA | 28 |
14/12/2021 | POLAND | 16 |
16/12/2021 | ALBANIA | 21 |
21/12/2021 | LITHUANIA | 16 |
The Home Office has obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation Act 2018 and in law generally to protect personal data. This exempts personal data if disclosure would contravene any of the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.