A group of rejected asylum seekers have been sent home in an operation coordinated by the Malta Police Immigration Section. Their return flight left Malta on Thursday morning and arrived in Ghana in the afternoon. The government said all those on the flight were third country nationals who had arrived in Malta by boat last year. The asylum process had determined they were not eligible for international protection. The return of irregular migrants is a result of ongoing investment in the asylum process by the Ministry for Home Affairs aimed to speed it up and increase the authorities’ efforts regarding returns, it said.