Kenneth Oranyendu faces deportation to Nigeria possibly on a charter flight. Many people are bundled onto these secretive flights and dumped in Nigeria, Jamaica etc regardless of where they are from or whether they have spent their lives in the UK and built links here or not.

He was held in Brook House detention centre, near Gatwick airport and in Colnbrook detention centre near Heathrow, as well as the appalling Morton Hall IRC. We demand that the deportation of Ken be halted and that he is immediately granted asylum. We demand an end to all deportations, especially the sordid and squalid British charter flights.

Ken is a former prisoner sentenced to over 3 years in jail for drug trafficking offences. He has served his time and his punishment for his offences, which he regrets, but the racist British government is punishing him twice and punishing his family. The policy of double punishment is both racist and oppressive. Ken is the father of four children, all British citizens.

Britain operates a criminal justice system in which citizens and non-citizens are treated differently. It is a scandal that non-British citizens are punished twice if they commit a crime. Ken has been living here for many years, has family dependent on him, is settled here and is trying to rebuild his life after making mistakes in his life. Rehabilitation is a key part of humanity, no one should be condemned and the key thrown away. Deportation is an additional and far worse punishment than imprisonment, and punishment of his innocent children. Britain and other imperialist nations are also stealing the oil wealth of Nigeria and polluting it's environment, with no accountability, creating poverty and inequality and immense suffering, which causes migrant workers to migrate in the first place.

Please write urgently to Home Secretary, as well as to Prime Minister and Immigration minister at the racist Home Office, voicing your displeasure. His HO ref Number is O1820102.

 

Shabana Mahmood, Home Secretary:

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0121 661 9440. Email: shabana.mahmood.mp@parliament.uk 

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Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF. Tel 020 7035 4848

Email: public.enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk  or privateoffice.external@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

 

Minister for Border Security and Asylum : Alex Norris MP

Phone Number: 0207 219 3899

Email Address: alex.norris.mp@parliament.uk

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