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I WAS FREED FROM THE BARRACKS, HEAR MY MESSAGE:
I thought that the UK would be a safe place for me. That was before I was taken to the barracks.
Please don’t let the people left inside the camps feel like they’ve been left behind.
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I thought that the UK would be a safe place for me. That was before I was taken to the barracks.
Please don’t let the people left inside the camps feel like they’ve been left behind.
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It took me two years to reach the UK. I never thought I'd end up in a military camp when I got here.
I was one of the first men brought to the barracks.
When we arrived at night, we were met by far-right protestors blocking the road and banging on the bus windows.
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I was one of the first men brought to the barracks.
When we arrived at night, we were met by far-right protestors blocking the road and banging on the bus windows.
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They wanted to make sure that we felt afraid and we did.
We had no idea what was going on. We were terrified and thought we were being deported.
Being in the camp was very retraumatizing for me. It reminded me of when I was in a military camp in Syria and they tortured me.
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We had no idea what was going on. We were terrified and thought we were being deported.
Being in the camp was very retraumatizing for me. It reminded me of when I was in a military camp in Syria and they tortured me.
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Last year, in response to the #WindrushReview, @pritipatel promised a "fair, humane, compassionate and outward-looking Home Office".
How's that going?
thetimes.co.uk/article/asylum…
How's that going?
thetimes.co.uk/article/asylum…
Surely a coincidence that this story has leaked this THE SAME WEEK that pressure has built on the government for a Covid inquiry.
Boris Johnson and Priti Patel would never use people seeking asylum to distract us from their failures... right?
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Boris Johnson and Priti Patel would never use people seeking asylum to distract us from their failures... right?
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Priti Patel's plans to send people fleeing torture and war away to distant islands are extreme and cruel.
This government will do anything to distract us from their failures, encouraging us to blame refugees when things go wrong.
This government will do anything to distract us from their failures, encouraging us to blame refugees when things go wrong.
