Spoken to 10 #Jamaica50 detainees & confirmed dets for 8 - this is who @ukhomeoffice planning 2 shackle & put on charter flight b4 Xmas at height of #COVID19 Fathers to 31 Brit children. Men who’ve been in UK most of their lives #StopCharterFlights #EndDeportations (thread 1/8) 
To carry out flight, up to 20 people will be shackled with waist, hand & feet restraints w/ guard either side of them as they are forced on a plane. Because of Coronavirus restrictions they will not have been able to say goodbye to their children and families in person. (2/8)
In many families the father looked after children while partner worked; many mothers (inc several key workers) are now facing additional costs of childcare & may have to stop working. Several fathers not felt able to tell their kids about the flight cause afraid of impact (3/6)
vast majority MFJ in touch with facing deportation due 2 drug convictions. Lammy Review reported that odds of receiving a prison sentence for drug offences were around 240% higher for BAME offenders compared to white offenders. #YesItsracist #Allblacklivesmatter @DavidLammy (4/8)
People like Mc who cared for the children so his partner could work as a key worker through this pandemic & who has a single drugs conviction (£30 of drugs) #StopCharterFlights #EndDetention #EndDeportations #Jamaica50 (5/8)
ALL Charter flights torturous & unjust - extra cruel to tear families apart during #COVID19 pandemic before Xmas. People like Dv who faces significant danger on return (4 a single drugs offence) & whose mum (worked NHS 39yrs) has stage 4 kidney disease #Jamaica50 (6/8)
Or like Mc who is facing dangerous deportation for a singular non violent criminal offence (never even faced a caution) - 18yrs in the UK, indefinite leave to remain, one mistake & you and your children’s lives are ripped apart #YesItsRacist #StopCharterFlights (7/8)
Spread word, email your MP, sign the @BARACUK petition STOP THIS FLIGHT! (8/8) #Jamaica50 #StopCharterFlights #EndDetention #EndDeportations change.org/p/stop-all-cha…
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