Amdani Juma's deportation flight cancelled on day of removal
No Borders Nottingham | 12.06.2008 16:52 | Oxford
Amdani Juma's deportation flight to Burundi via Nairobi on Kenya Airways flight KQ101 was cancelled at zero hour yesterday on Tuesday June 10th as an application for an judicial review, accepted by the High Court, was finally acknowledged. He is now awaiting a bail hearing on Monday.
THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AMDANI'S CAMPAIGN TO STAY IN UK.
No thanks to the Home Office who could have ended his misery by discretion without forcing him to go through another court hearing (and still could), or to the immigration enforcement unit who kept him waiting until the last minute.
Supporters visited him all afternoon at Colnbrook immigration removal centre (run by private contractor Serco with transportation support from Group 4), and stayed well after the flight was seen to take off from Heathrow airport.
Amdani's legal battle to stay has only just begun, and he is not yet out on bail. He was also taken away by the Home Office during visiting on Wednesday evening and was moved immediately to Campsfield detention centre in Oxfordshire.
His bail hearing is set for Monday 16th June in London so he will most likely remain in Campsfield until then.
But we can all be relieved and happy he was not on that flight (whilst knowing it would probably be carrying other forced deportees), and we look forward to having him back in Nottingham soon. The campaigning will continue in earnest.
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Find out more about No Borders on FRIDAY 13TH JUNE.
There will be a public meeting, food and live music at the SUMAC Centre in Forest Fields. Small World Kitchen and No Borders present an evening of discussion, traditional African vegan food and live music from Ngoma, starting with the meeting at 6.30pm (food at 8pm, music from 9). More details and directions can be found in the Sumac/Veggies events diary:
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1319
No thanks to the Home Office who could have ended his misery by discretion without forcing him to go through another court hearing (and still could), or to the immigration enforcement unit who kept him waiting until the last minute.
Supporters visited him all afternoon at Colnbrook immigration removal centre (run by private contractor Serco with transportation support from Group 4), and stayed well after the flight was seen to take off from Heathrow airport.
Amdani's legal battle to stay has only just begun, and he is not yet out on bail. He was also taken away by the Home Office during visiting on Wednesday evening and was moved immediately to Campsfield detention centre in Oxfordshire.
His bail hearing is set for Monday 16th June in London so he will most likely remain in Campsfield until then.
But we can all be relieved and happy he was not on that flight (whilst knowing it would probably be carrying other forced deportees), and we look forward to having him back in Nottingham soon. The campaigning will continue in earnest.
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Find out more about No Borders on FRIDAY 13TH JUNE.
There will be a public meeting, food and live music at the SUMAC Centre in Forest Fields. Small World Kitchen and No Borders present an evening of discussion, traditional African vegan food and live music from Ngoma, starting with the meeting at 6.30pm (food at 8pm, music from 9). More details and directions can be found in the Sumac/Veggies events diary:
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1319
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