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| Isa Muazu 'in UK after flight turned back from Nigeria' | Isa Muazu 'in UK after flight turned back from Nigeria' |
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| A Nigerian man said to be "near death" following a hunger strike is back in the UK after the Home Office flight deporting him had to turn around. | |
| Isa Muazu's lawyers said had been returned to the medical wing at Harmondsworth detention centre. | |
| It is thought the Nigerian authorities did not clear the plane to land. | It is thought the Nigerian authorities did not clear the plane to land. |
| Mr Muazu had sought asylum in the UK claiming he would be killed by Islamic extremists if returned to Nigeria. He began refusing food in September. | |
| The Home Office rejects his arguments and attempted to deport the 45-year-old on Friday after he lost a series of legal challenges. | |
| The privately-chartered jet was in the air for a number of hours, but it is believed the Nigerian authorities did not give the pilot landing rights. | |
| The BBC's home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw it is unclear why. | |
| The plane is thought to have stopped in Malta for two hours before returning to the UK, our correspondent added. | |
| 'Like a skeleton' | |
| The Home Office is understood to be working with the Nigerian government to try to secure Mr Muazu's removal. | |
| He has been held in detention since he claimed asylum in July, saying he faced persecution from the hardline Islamic group Boko Haram. | |
| His supporters say he has been on hunger strike for more than 100 days. | |
| Mr Muazu is 5ft 11in (1.8m) tall and weighs eight stone (53kg), his lawyers have said. | |
| Mr Muazu had told the Independent newspaper he looked "like a skeleton". | |
| He has said that he came to the UK "for a better life" and would "rather die" than face removal. |