UK spent ‘tens of thousands’ deporting one migrant – Telegraph

The Home Office chartered a passenger jet that only carried one deportee to France in January, according to the outlet The UK spent tens of thousands of pounds to charter a plane to deport one migrant, according to a report by The Telegraph, citing Home office data.The report details millions of pounds spent by the British government on charter flights for deportations.In the year to date, 74 charter flights have cost British taxpayers £13.8 million (around $19 million), including one passenger jet that carried one deportee.The flight to France on January 7, carrying one deportee, cost taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds, according to the report. It was initially scheduled to carry several migrants but ultimately departed with only one, who reportedly had complex medical needs.The other passengers were removed from the flight for undisclosed reasons. Sources told the newspaper that officials decided to proceed with the charter because it would otherwise have gone unused.The 74 flights carried a total of 2,835 people, putting the average cost at around £186,000 per flight and nearly £5,000 per person. The figures do not include removals on regular commercial flights or the cost of...