Introduction

This section documents the deportation complex of the United Kingdom by collecting available information about actors and places that are central to the processes of deportation. Its primary focus are charter deportations and the airlines and airports involved. The documentation is still in its early stages and subject to change.

Charter deportations

Charter deportation operations are a central aspect of the escalating state efforts to increase deportation numbers. Governments thereby resort to charter flights to carry out deportations, which means that they are conducted using planes that have been specifically chartered for the purpose of deportation. Such flights differ from commercial flights in that there are no regular passengers and, in most cases, no independent observers on board that could report any human rights violations.