There is no justification for the deportation flights of 2020
At 1am on the 2nd of December, the Home Office forcibly deported 13 people to Jamaica in shackles. 37 of the intended “Jamaica 50” were granted a reprieve after successful legal challenges, with the Home Office admitting that some of the intended may be victims of trafficking. When that many are discharged it is impossible to view the deportation flights as a mistake. Instead, they are a tool in a system designed for racism and xenophobia - the same system that produced Windrush, which I believe was not an anomaly. “Criminality not nationality” is Priti Patel’s justification for the...
Source: varsity.co.uk