Immigration Enforcement
Secretariat
Sandford House
41 Homer Road
Solihull
B91 3QJ
Alex Scott
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
www.gov.uk/home-office
2 July 2018
Dear Alex Scott
Re: Freedom of Information – 48932
Thank you for your e-mail of 7 June, in which you ask for information regarding Home
Office returns on charter flights between January 2016 and May 2018. Your query has
been handled as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You have asked
:
Please supply the dates and destinations of all charter flights for this period. For each of
these flights, please state:
A. The operational name of the flight.
B. The number of Removal Directions issued for the flight C. The number of people removed
(Males, Females and Children).
D. The number of people withdrawn from the flight, through last minute legal actions or fresh
representation or withdrawn for any other reasons.
E. The number of criminal deportations on board. If this information is not available, please
provide any information you have on the percentage of criminal deportations on charter
flights, broken down by the flight or monthly.
We are now in a position to provide a full reply to your request. I am able to disclose
the following information set out in the enclosed
Annex.
If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal
review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months to
xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx, quoting reference
48932. If you ask for an
internal review, it would be helpful if you could say why you are dissatisfied with the
response.
As part of any internal review the Department's handling of your information request
would be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this
response. If you were to remain dissatisfied after an internal review, you would have a
right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the
FOIA.
Yours sincerely
Immigration Enforcement Secretariat
Annex
1. The operational name of the flight.
2. The number of Removal Directions issued for the flight.
3. The number of people removed (Males, Females and Children).
4. The number of people withdrawn from the flight.
5. The number of criminal deportations on board
Total
Removal
Returnees
Returnees
Returnees
Criminality
Date
Destination
Name
Directions
(Male)
(Female)
withdrawn
Cases
issued
14/01/2016 Albania
Aardvark
48
39
1
8
12
20/01/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
129
38
0
91
5
26/01/2016 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
151
35
4
109
14
04/02/2016 Albania
Aardvark
60
34
2
24
8
09/02/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
140
65
3
72
8
18/02/2016 Albania
Aardvark
62
46
3
13
18
01/03/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
102
40
2
60
4
17/03/2016 Albania
Aardvark
88
60
2
26
23
22/03/2016 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
174
36
2
136
19
29/03/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
143
43
2
98
4
07/04/2016 Albania
Aardvark
49
33
1
15
10
26/04/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
139
39
3
97
6
05/05/2016 Albania
Aardvark
77
52
3
25
13
17/05/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
105
38
1
66
6
24/05/2016 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
165
40
8
117
26
02/06/2016 Albania
Aardvark
84
54
1
29
18
14/06/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
110
42
1
67
4
23/06/2016 Albania
Aardvark
93
49
1
43
26
13/07/2016 Albania
Aardvark
67
42
2
23
23
19/07/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
125
41
0
84
8
26/07/2016 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
185
34
3
148
17
09/08/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
79
29
0
50
3
18/08/2016 Albania
Aardvark
79
51
0
28
19
30/08/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
81
29
0
52
5
07/09/2016 Jamaica
Waldrop
144
38
4
102
37
15/09/2016 Albania
Aardvark
66
45
0
21
28
20/09/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
74
24
1
49
3
27/09/2016 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
195
35
6
154
14
13/10/2016 Albania
Aardvark
77
50
1
26
29
25/10/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
125
43
3
79
7
03/11/2016 Albania
Aardvark
63
45
2
16
14
08/11/2016 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
179
43
8
128
20
23/11/2016 Albania
Aardvark
85
48
3
34
29
29/11/2016 Pakistan
Monroe
131
50
2
79
8
15/12/2016 Albania
Aardvark
97
65
1
31
20
12/01/2017 Albania
Aardvark
61
44
0
17
19
17/01/2017 Pakistan
Monroe
116
46
3
67
8
31/01/2017 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
292
50
10
232
31
09/02/2017 Albania
Aardvark
104
58
3
43
16
21/02/2017 Germany
TCU GERMANY
48
20
1
27
0
23/02/2017 Albania
Aardvark
66
39
1
26
11
28/02/2017 Pakistan
Monroe
142
47
2
93
12
08/03/2017 Jamaica
Waldrop
163
26
6
131
24
14/03/2017 Germany
TCU GERMANY
29
22
0
7
0
16/03/2017 Albania
Aardvark
88
55
0
33
28
21/03/2017 Pakistan
Monroe
74
33
1
40
7
28/03/2017 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
240
34
0
206
16
06/04/2017 Albania
Aardvark
36
22
0
14
14
11/04/2017 Germany
TCU GERMANY
20
13
0
7
0
18/04/2017 Pakistan
Monroe
95
38
2
55
4
04/05/2017 Albania
Aardvark
66
44
2
20
22
16/05/2017 Pakistan
Monroe
81
33
0
48
8
23/05/2017 Nigeria
Majestic
137
31
5
101
13
01/06/2017 Albania
Aardvark
61
42
1
18
26
13/06/2017 Germany
TCU GERMANY
44
29
1
14
0
22/06/2017 Albania
Aardvark
63
38
0
25
19
28/06/2017 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
188
39
9
140
9
05/07/2017 Pakistan
Monroe
107
48
1
58
7
12/07/2017 Albania
Aardvark
55
39
1
15
31
25/07/2017 Germany
TCU GERMANY
42
32
2
8
0
03/08/2017 Albania
Aardvark
89
47
2
40
15
09/08/2017 Pakistan
Monroe
133
50
1
82
4
23/08/2017 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
180
36
7
137
24
31/08/2017 Albania
Aardvark
84
42
3
39
14
19/09/2017 Pakistan
Monroe
190
51
2
137
11
27/09/2017 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
160
31
10
119
6
11/10/2017 Albania
Aardvark
91
57
3
31
31
24/10/2017 Pakistan
Monroe
165
63
3
99
7
01/11/2017 Albania
Aardvark
58
37
0
21
16
France,
07/11/2017 Switzerland,
Bulgaria
TCU MULTIDROP
29
24
0
5
0
23/11/2017 Albania
Aardvark
57
40
1
16
21
29/11/2017 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
295
42
13
240
19
05/12/2017 Pakistan
Monroe
185
36
1
148
7
13/12/2017 Albania
Aardvark
88
59
1
28
21
19/12/2017 Pakistan
Monroe
92
27
1
64
1
04/01/2018 Albania
Aardvark
32
9
0
23
3
09/01/2018 Pakistan
Monroe
120
13
2
105
2
17/01/2018 France, Austria,
Bulgaria
TCU MULTIDROP
24
22
1
1
0
24/01/2018 Albania
Aardvark
84
58
2
24
23
31/01/2018 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
226
37
10
179
11
14/02/2018 Pakistan
Monroe
195
30
4
161
3
21/02/2018 Albania
Aardvark
95
45
1
49
21
27/02/2018 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
148
27
4
117
14
08/03/2018 Albania
Aardvark
83
49
0
34
19
14/03/2018 France, Bulgaria
TCU MULTIDROP
25
19
3
4
0
20/03/2018 Pakistan
Monroe
147
33
2
112
8
28/03/2018 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
174
24
8
142
8
04/04/2018 Albania
Aardvark
87
52
1
34
19
17/04/2018 Pakistan
Monroe
129
28
2
99
2
26/04/2018 Albania
Aardvark
102
59
1
42
22
17/05/2018 Albania
Aardvark
86
53
1
32
22
22/05/2018 Pakistan
Monroe
122
22
2
98
3
30/05/2018 Nigeria/Ghana
Majestic-Gardner
165
31
4
130
7
I can confirm that no children were returned on any of the charter flights listed in the table above.
The information provided for questions 1 to 5 is provisional management information that is subject to change. It
has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.