UK Home Office charters its first ever deportation flight to Vietnam

Migrant rights organisations are concerned that those due to fly have not had full access to legal advice

Charities and human rights campaigners have expressed alarm at a decision by the Home Office to charter its first ever deportation flight to Vietnam.

The Guardian has learned that the flight is due to take off on Wednesday, though it is unclear why the government has decided to remove the Vietnamese nationals at a time when deportations are at a historically low level due to the pandemic.