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Deportations: A Thread
Next week the Home Office has chartered a flight to Jamaica, intending to deport people who have been in the UK their whole lives.
Today the #Stansted15 appeal their conviction for peacefully stopping one of these flights from occurring.
Next week the Home Office has chartered a flight to Jamaica, intending to deport people who have been in the UK their whole lives.
Today the #Stansted15 appeal their conviction for peacefully stopping one of these flights from occurring.
Deportations are the pinnacle of the Government's Hostile Environment agenda. The threat of deportation, detention and re-detention and immigration raids, are all tactics used by the Home Office to keep people in a state of chaos and to stop them being part of our communities.
The Home Office will argue that the people being removed are "criminals" or "FNOs". The majority will have minor criminal records - in many cases, unjust convictions. They are essentially punished twice for the same crime by being deported AFTER serving their sentences.
Watching the #Stansted15 appeal today, extending solidarity on behalf of @LSWUnited and @blkprotestlegal. @bencsmoke live tweeting the proceedings and I’ll be posting some updates too. Clare Montgomery QC currently setting out the grounds on behalf of the appellants.
The language of the Act should be interpreted restrictively. The offence is one of the utmost seriousness, carrying a potential life sentence and subject to universal jurisdiction.
Immense concerns raised about the chilling effect these convictions have on legitimate public protest. The ramifications of applying terrorism related legislation in this context could mean those supporting/encouraging the #Stansted15’s actions are also caught in the same web
