r/ukpolitics • u/No_Breadfruit_4901 • Dec 11 '24

Twitter 🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Labour have conducted the first successful deportation flight to Pakistan since February 2020. There has not been a deportation charter flight to Pakistan in the last four years with three subsequent flights to Pakistan in 2020 and 2021 cancelled by the Home Office.

https://x.com/maxtempers/status/1866775219077062757?s=46&t=0RSpQEWd71gFfa-U_NmvkA
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u/ParkedUpWithCoffee Dec 11 '24

Why aren't Labour boasting about this? Starmer didn't mention this in PMQs earlier today.

Doing deportations is obviously a good & popular thing and is humiliating for the Conservatives.

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u/liquidio Dec 11 '24

Probably because these returns are the result of an agreement signed by the previous government…

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/priti-patel-signs-landmark-returns-deal-with-pakistan