The Home Office confirmed a second flight had taken off Friday, without giving any numbers or details.
But government minister Peter Kyle told ITV channel: “Today we have the second flight taking off with a migrant who doesn’t have the right to stay here being returned.”
The removal is a small victory for Prime Minister Keir Starmer, after the first returns under the UK-France “one-in, one-out” deal were stymied earlier this week by legal challenges.
A different Eritrean man had his removal temporarily blocked on Tuesday by the High Court, which gave him 14 days to provide proof of his claims he was a victim of trafficking.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she “will continue to challenge any last-minute, vexatious attempts to frustrate a removal in the courts”.
Kyle admitted the Labour government was “pushing the boundaries of the law.”
“If we have to change the law, we will change the law,” added Kyle.
The deportee was an Eritrean man who arrived in the UK on a small boat in August.
