Britain Paying to Deport Immigrants Who Have Never Reached Britain

A flight aimed at deporting England-bound illegal migrants from Calais is set to leave London on Tuesday.

The first of many, it will stop off in the northern French city of Lille to pick up its human cargo, before making for the war-torn central Asian state.

Armed security guards will be on the plane, which is likely to be supplied by a British company after French ones refused to back the venture.

It will cost some £200,000 in all, with the figure set to multiply to multi-million pound figures as more flights are organised.

The decision to saddle the British taxpayer will a massive bill for the removal of illegal migrants before they have even set foot in the UK last night met with severe criticism.

Mark Wallace, campaign director of the Taxpayers' Alliance, said: "It is ridiculous that the Government is being so free and easy with British taxpayers' money.

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