Policy Comes Aboard: Witnessing Britain's Deportation Regime in Flight

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An opinion piece arguing that forced deportations reveal the human cost and democratic accountability of UK immigration policy, as seen on a Gatwick flight where security wrestled a noncompliant detainee, prompting questions about policymakers’ distance from real-world consequences and whether public support would change if such scenes were more widely witnessed.
- A brutal wrestle on a plane, passengers outraged, attendants helpless: I saw the UK’s deportation policy at work The Guardian
- Take action to stop cruel and racist ‘one in one out’ deportations Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
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