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From: John O [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 25 July 2002 12:57
To: Recipient List Suppressed
Subject: Urgent, cyber action required
From: John O [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 25 July 2002 12:57
To: Recipient List Suppressed
Subject: Urgent, cyber action required
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National Coalition of
Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC)
Phone: 0121-554-6947 Fax: 0121-554-7891
E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web site: http://www.ncadc.org.uk/
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Urgent, cyber action required
Ahmadi Family facing imminent deportation
At 06.00am this morning Thursday 25th July 2002. West Midlands police and
Immigration officials stormed the Gnausia Jamia mosque in Lye, smashed in the
doors with a battering ram and arrested Farid and Feriba Ahmadi, who had
taken sanctuary in the mosque.
Hajikhadim Hussein, an elder at the mosque, said morning prayers had just
finished when the raid occurred. "I think very badly of this morning. The way
they caught them and broke the door of the mosque. If they were coming and
talking with the mosque committee maybe we could have found some way. This
family are very, very upset. They have no home in Afghanistan and no family.
They think they are not safe there."
Their children were not in the mosque when the police arrived.
Soraya a supporter of the campaign to keep the Ahmadi Family in the UK
said: "I am glad the children were not in there this morning having to face a
whole squad of police officers and Home Office officials. Nobody ever actually
thought they (the Immigration Service) were going to do this. I am rather
shocked by the heavy-handedness of how immigration deal with this type of
situation."
Farid and Feriba, and the children are now in Harmondsworth
removal/detention centre, due to be put on a flight for Munich tomorrow morning
Friday 26th July at o7.55hrs.
Ahamadi Family, background
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/letters/news27/ahmadi.html
What You can do to keep the family in the UK
British Airways (BA) have the family booked on one of their flights
tomorrow morning. BA have in the past been persuaded not to carry deportees,
please send a fax to (model letter below, copy, amend write your own):
Lord Colin Marshall British Airways Chairperson
Fax Number 0208 738 9801 from outside the UK +44 208 738 9801
Rob Eddington Cheif Executive British Airways
Fax Number 0208 738 9990 from outside the UK +44 208 738 9990
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Att:
Att:
Lord Colin Marshall
Rob Eddington
Dear Sirs,
The Ahmadi family Farid and Feriba, and their children Hadia, now 6, and Seear, 4, are due to be deported on the 26th July 0755 hours to Munich on a British Airways flight BA948 from Heathrow Terminal 1.
The Ahmadi family Farid and Feriba, and their children Hadia, now 6, and Seear, 4, are due to be deported on the 26th July 0755 hours to Munich on a British Airways flight BA948 from Heathrow Terminal 1.
They do not want to be deported, (1) to Germany where they suffered racism
and horrendous living conditions, and (2) ultimately to Afghanistan a country
which Amnesty internationals latest country update, states that it is still an
unsafe country to return anyone to.
I understand from, British Airways Social and Environmental Annual
Report 2002 " you will not carry passengers who are distressed".
The Ahmadi family fit this criteria.
I am asking you to not carry them on your flight on grounds of
compassion and carrying out BA policy, as they have suffered persecution in
Afghanistan and racism in Germany, where Mrs Ahmadi suffered 2 nervous
breakdowns.
I look forward to your support on this matter.
Name
Address
Country
Email address:
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If you have time please fax a copy of anything sent to:
Immigration and Asylum Support Project
020 554 4553 from outside the UK +44 20 554 4553
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The immediate priority is to keep the Ahmadi Family in the UK. Once that
has been resolved their are questions to be asked!
Was it necessary for the police and Home Office to desecrate a place of
worship
Who ordered the raid on the mosque
Why such heavy handed tactics
Further information:
Salmon Mirza
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
0796 753 9771
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