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UK PAYS £500 TO EXPEDITE DEPORTATION AFTER HMP CHELMSFORD RELEASE BLUNDER

BBC|16 hours ago
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After a mistaken release from HMP Chelmsford, UK authorities re-arrested Hadush Kebatu and removed him to Ethiopia. The removal team made a discretionary £500 payment to prevent disruption and costly delays to the deportation, outside the standard Facilitated Returns Scheme. An independent inquiry has been ordered, with added prison checks and political criticism mounting over the administrative failure and asylum-hotel tensions.

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