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Really @SuellaBraverman ? You 'dream' of this and are 'obsessed' with it? This is the story of a Syrian refugee as told to @ByDonkeys Currently in detention, he is under imminent threat of deportation to #Rwanda
#RwandaNotInMyName #StopTheFlights
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Love this picture by @veripix captures how it FELT marching yesterday w/ Gay Liberation Front #Pride50 Marching alongside Nigerian Lesbian MFJ activist Rosemay Ogiwuke (queer as in fuck your borders sign) & Gay Nigerian activist Micky - both fighting for their right to stay (1/5)
We marched cause PRIDE IS A PROTEST we have so much still 2 fight 4, cause people like Rosemary & Mickey are routinely disbelieved 2b LGBT by @ukhomeoffice who happily deport LGBT people to persecution/death while draping themselves in the rainbow flag #Pride #StopThePlane (2/5)
This is Taher, an Algerian unemployed workers activist who had 2 flee after jailed for protesting. He crossed the channel last year seeking freedom & sanctuary. The day before we marched he was granted asylum. Towards end of this march he said… (3/5) credit @veripix
UPDATE 🧵: 7 people still with tickets for Rwanda 2day. 2 Iraqi Kurdish, 3 Iranian, 1 Albanian & 1 Vietnamese. All have some form of legal action taking place 2day. But this is a race against time #StopTheFlights #StopRwanda #StopThePlane #Rwanda50 #NotInMyName (1/10)
One only got decent legal representation YESTERDAY - all had enormous difficulties finding representation in detention. It is a LIE to say they have had chance to make their cases - there is no time, everything is in English & getting a solicitor is no easy task (2/10)
1 is in Brook House, the remaining 6 are in Colnbrook. 2 have expressed suicidal thoughts to us. 1 reports scaring all over his body from torture. This flight is inhumane & must be stopped #StopRwanda #StopTheFlights #StopThePlane (3/10)
We will be holding a TWITTER STORM this evening to call attention to this flight and hold Privilege Airlines to account starting at 7pm. Let's make sure everyone knows what they are up to. Keep an eye out for template tweets! #StopTheFlights
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CONTACT PRIVILEGE AND DEMAND THEY #STOPTHEFLIGHTS
“The calls to Mayorkas’s team on Thursday night and the early hours of Friday are believed to have involved Guerline Jozef, of the Haitian Bridge Alliance, an immigrant support group; Patrice Lawrence, of the UndocuBlack Network; and staff from senator Chris Van Hollen’s office.”
Jozef: “They were running two flights in a day in their hurry to deport as many ppl as possible. We had babies as young as four or five months old. We were so disturbed that we were determined that for now, those ppl will be protected.”
Thank you to advocates for their work. 🙏🏽
Thank you to advocates for their work. 🙏🏽
120 law professors tell Sec. @AliMayorkas: DHS has discretion to stop deportations.
immigrantjustice.org/press-releases… #StopTheFlights
immigrantjustice.org/press-releases… #StopTheFlights
"The professors and experts joined together in the letter in response to increasing alarm about deportation flights which have occurred in recent days and are still being scheduled for this week to Jamaica; the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cameroon; and Honduras ..."
"... as well as Friday’s deportation of a witness in the El Paso massacre. An additional flight scheduled for Tues. was intended to remove families who have been detained at the family detention center in Texas. Fortunately, advocates convinced DHS to stop these deportations."
