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Quick report from Pennine House protest in Manchester

Manchester No Borders | 21.03.2009 21:49

A huge police presence greeted more than 70 of us at Manchester airport today. GMP mobilised a helicopter, motorbikes and had dogs and horses on standby as we highlighted the whereabouts of the immigration prison Pennine House inside Terminal 2. The entrance to Terminal 2 was closed temporarily as we were stopped and searched and prevented from getting into the terminal.


We arrived en masse from the city centre on bicycles and by train with a caged effigy of Immigration Minister Phil Woolas. Earlier, the same number of people had teamed up with another 50 Congolese asylum seekers in Manchester city centre for a demo and rally against detention and deportation.

More detailed reports and photographs will follow very soon. Thanks to all those who came and made this a great success!

Manchester No Borders
- e-mail: manchesternoborders@riseup.net
- Homepage: http://www.manchesternoborders.org.uk

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over the top policing much

22.03.2009 01:42

took me ages to find where you all where whilst i was wondering about i spied 4 tau vans on their way to you all so thought ahh thats where they are n followed them over.


i saw the horse boxes arriving at the end what the fuck use are they against less than 100 people fucking jobs worths

was bullshit with all the pushing they where doing to when people where leaving

and finally what happened to the cyclists they where getting a load of shit when we all got on the train?



i love wasting police time

ballz