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Shackled migrant deportation 'one of the most chilling things I've ever seen'

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Emily Maitlis reports from Minneapolis airport, where shackled migrants are loaded onto planes for deportation.
Emily Maitlis reports from Minneapolis airport, where shackled migrants are loaded onto planes for deportation. Picture: The News Agents / Global
Michael Baggs (with Emily Maitlis)

By Michael Baggs (with Emily Maitlis)

Watching shackled migrants loaded onto a plane at Minneapolis airport is one of the "most dystopian, most chilling" things Emily Maitlis has ever seen.

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The News Agents report from the US, and from the airstrip where "dark planes" – without a name or number – fly migrants out of the country, alongside commercial jets.