Stop deportations to Nigeria now!
We, the undersigned, demand that:
1. Mass deportation flights to Nigeria, including the one scheduled on 3rd February 2010, are stopped immediately and Nigerian detainees are released without delay;
2. The asylum 'white list' is scrapped and Nigerian asylum claims are dealt with within the normal legal procedures, just like asylum claims from other nationalities;
3. The conditions forcing Nigerian refugees to leave their homes and families are addressed and those responsible, including armed militias, oil companies and Western governments that protect them, are held responsible.
Read full statement | Add your group to signatories | Demo at the Nigerian embassy, London | Protest at UKBA office in Cardiff
Mass deportations, Mass resistance - public forum
A public forum to build resistance against mass deportations organised by Stop Deportation.
Saturday, 7th November 2009, 12-5pm @ the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London.
Venue: The Forum will be held in Room V221 at the Vernon Square Campus of the School of Oriental and African Studies (Penton Rise, WC1X 9EW), close to King's Cross (map).
Stop deportations to Iraq!
The first mass deportation flight to Baghdad carried around 40 people early on Thursday, 15th October, on a specially chartered plane provided by Air Italy. We have since learnt that 10 of the deportees were taken off the flight in Baghdad while the rest were not accepted by the Iraqi government and were flown back to detention in the UK. A Home Office statement said they will "iron out" the difficulties they faced and "expect to carry out another flight."
Chartered to Deport: The hidden reality of mass deportation flights
As the government seeks to increase the number and frequency of deportations, it is increasingly relying on specially chartered flights that deport as many as 80 people at a time. In 2008, there were 66 such flights, deporting a total of 1,529 people. According to information released by the Home Office only recently, the UK Border Agency (UKBA) spent £8,227,553 on deportation charter flights in the financial year 2008-9, almost double the amount spent in the previous years since charter flights started to be used for mass deportations in 2001.
