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Home Office seeking to deport more people to Jamaica despite living in Britain since childhood
Protesters from Movement for Justice demonstrate Colnbrook and Harmondsworth immigration removal centres, demanding an end to the use of charter flights

THE Home Office is seeking to deport more people to Jamaica who have lived in Britain since childhood on a pre-Christmas charter flight, the Morning Star has learned. 

Passengers on the flight, which is scheduled to depart two weeks from now on December 2, includes fathers of young children and a man who has lived in the country since he was seven, according to campaigners. 

At least eight people have so far been booked onto the flight after they were detained and transferred to detention centres last week. 

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