Joint EU flights for failed asylum seekers

The EU G5 - Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Spain - are to launch joint charter flights to send home failed asylum seekers as part of the drive to increase the deportation rates in their countries.

The aircraft, dubbed “Asylum Airways”, will fly from capital to capital picking up illegal migrants, following a decision in Evian, France by the group of 5's interior ministers yesterday, the Times reports.

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