Spoke to Romanian detainee Colnbrook - situation highlights utter insanity of @ukhomeoffice policy & procedure. He is DESPERATE to return to his sick wife & child, he’s begun a hunger strike, here is his story #StopThePlane #Jamaica50 (thread 1/7)
He came to UK for his birthday, to meet friends& party (he spent time living here years ago). Arrived 22 Oct, return ticket booked for 31 Oct. There was incident at party, he was arrested, held overnight but released without charge - he missed his plane (2/7)
On 1st Nov immigration arrested & took him to Colnbrook. He complied with everything, signed every document, hasn’t had legal advice because HE WANTS TO GO HOME. He is still in detention 3wks later & hearing from his increasingly distraught wife how much she is struggling (3/7)
Someone advised him to buy ticket for return, he did. HE HAS A RETURN TICKET FOR MON BOUGHT FROM HIS OWN MONEY. But @ukhomeoffice say he can’t go, insist they must put him on charter flight possibly at end of month (no guarantees) something which costs tax payer thousands (4/7)
This was last straw, he cried as he spoke about his son & wife, he is refusing to eat, he just wants to go home, he has a ticket for Mon & can’t understand why @ukhomeoffice don’t just let him get on that plane. His story may surprise some, but is not uncommon. (5/7)
Truth is @ukhomeoffice see him & others like him as handy numbers to bolster deportation stats - if someone returns under own steam they can’t be counted in stats for deportations/removals. That’s right, they’d rather waste £££££££ for political clout & racist agenda (6/7)
Nothing about how @ukhomeoffice operates is fair, just, humane or even financially sound. It is pure racist political theatre for failing govt. It’s about numbers & how *hard* they can be on immigrants to sow division & whip up their racist base. ABOLISH THE HOME OFFICE (7/7)
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