Nigeria, UK Sign Deportation Deal To Remove Failed Asylum Seekers

Britain has struck a new return agreement with Nigeria, designed to ease the return of rejected Nigerian migrants with no right to remain in the UK. At the heart of the deal, Nigeria pledged to accept UK identification documents of people with no right to be in the UK.Until now, British authorities had to wait for emergency travel documents to be issued for people without passports before they could proceed with removals; but moving forward, UK issued identification documents — known as UK letters — will equally be accepted by Nigerian authorities to establish the identity of people who are to be returned to Nigeria.This will primarily affect people who overstay their visas as well as Nigerian criminals and failed asylum seekers.