"Every day that we can get these individuals out of the country early removes the risk they present to UK citizens and saves our taxpayers over £100 a night in detention costs as well as administrative and court costs.
"This is why we use the scheme to remove as many foreign criminals from the UK as possible.
"In 2008 we removed over 5,000 foreign criminals - a record number."
What stops them flying straight back ?
"We don't want foreign criminals in the UK."Every day that we can get these individuals out of the country early removes the risk they present to UK citizens and saves our taxpayers over £100 a night in detention costs as well as administrative and