Kenny Anderson 1957

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Scottish-American convicted drug dealer who was notified one morning that he was being deported to the country of his birth, the UK. He was not allowed to make any telephone calls and was delivered to Heathrow airport with a change of clothes and $60 U.S. cash. As his family emigrated from Saltcoats to the U.S. when he was seven months old, he considers himself American and he did not even have a British national insurance number. He traveled to Saltcoats but could not find any relatives still living there. Returning to London, he moved into a hostel for the homeless and began looking for work. The unemployment rate and unfamiliarity of a foreign country may drive him back to petty crime. As none of the legislative systems operating within the UK have any jurisdiction over criminals who have been deported back to the UK, they receive no supervision and also no support. This situation was featured recently in BBC's "Frontline Scotland."