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Joaquim Forn and Dolors Bassa, the former ministers of the Interior and Labour, returned late Tuesday night.

It was originally reported Puigdemont boarded the plane alongside them, but those reports later turned out to be false.

Forn and Bassa were met by a large group of taunting pro-union demonstrators at Barcelona’s airport last night. They chanted "Welcome to Spain!" and "Where's your Republic?" as the dismissed functionaries returned.

Paul Bekaert, Puigdemont's attorney in Belgium, told Dutch television that the dismissed president will not return to Spain: "No, he won't go because he prefers to observe and wait."