Direct action gets the goods: blockade helps stop 35 people being deported

some of no borders | 21.09.2012 15:30

At 2.30pm on Wednesday, 60 Sri Lankan nationals, mainly Tamil, were due to be deported to Colombo from Stansted airport where they faced a very real risk of arrest and torture on arrival. [1]

However, at 11am, as one of the WH Tours coaches of deportees emerged from Colnbrook and Harmondsworth detention centres headed for the airport, around a dozen people rushed to stop it. One of them climbed under the coach and attached their neck with a bicycle d-lock to the underside. Supporters immediately held up a sign telling the driver not to move as someone was under the coach, and recorded themselves explaining this to him. The coach then remained stationary for 3 1/2 hours. The engine was kept running: according to the driver, turning off the ignition lowers the suspension and could result in the person being crushed. This may seem dangerous for the person involved, but it was a much smaller risk than that faced by many of the people on the coach who feared torture or death on return.

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siehe auch:

Sri Lankan asylum seekers removed from deportation flight at last minute after judge accepts there is risk of torture
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sri-lankan-asylum-seekers-removed-from-deportation-flight-at-last-minute-after-judge-accepts-there-is-risk-of-torture-8157192.html