Raul Ally was deported yesterday evening
without warning, without his family and friends being notified, without removal
details. This was hours after UKBA asked Raul if he would be able to make his
own way back to Newcastle,
suggesting he would be released soon. And after family visits for Saturday and
an appointment with a solicitor for today had been arranged
After 14 days of being on hunger strike and
in a weakened state, a member of staff from Colnbrook entered the room and told
Raul it was ‘time to go home, time to go back to Tanzania.’ Raul is not from Tanzania and
has no connection to it. Shortly after this, 15 hired goons from private
security firm Tascor (formerly Reliance and now owned by Capita) entered the
room and forcibly carried Raul to the plane.
He was the first person on the plane and
they bundled him into the staff room so that any protest he made would not be
seen by passengers. Surely the pilot must have known about this treatment and
the kidnap of Raul but allowed it to continue. We currently don’t know which
airline it was that took him – but will find out and publicise the information.
Raul was taken to Tanzania but
the government refused to take him because he is not Tanzanian. We are waiting
to find out where he is now and what will happen next. We will keep the blog
updated so check back for more information later tonight and tomorrow.
Raul’s family would like to thank everyone
for their hard work. We will keep fighting.
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