If border control refuses me entry at the airport, can I fly to any chosen country or only the country of origin?

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Somewhat similar question answered here Removal at the expense of the Secretary of State?

It is up to the airline that the passenger arrives on to decide whether or not to allow him/her to travel to another country that will accept him/her.

Typically the UK Immigration (and the airline) want to remove you expeditiously and to a guaranteed location. Any country except your home country is not guaranteed to accept you.

To answer your question more directly, the probability is slim however it is possible and I recollect having read somewhere someone received that exercise of discretion from UK Immigration/airline officials. It is not your right you can insist on. You have to be very persuasive and catch a streak of good luck.

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