CRACKDOWN

Clips show deportations for first time. Fury over 'stigmatising of migrants'

- SOPHIE HUSKISSON Political Correspondent and DAVE BURKE

THE HOME Office yesterday sparked a backlash after releasing footage of migrants being restrained and forced on deportation flights for the first time.

The images show migrants - one of them bound with a waist restraint being put on to planes surrounded by border officials.

Enforced returns have risen by 24% since Labour came to power in July last year, and removals of foreign national offenders are up 21%.

Illegal working raids have gone up by 38% compared to the same period the year before, the Home Office said.

Last month alone nearly 750 enforced returns, including around 360 foreign national offenders, took place.