Call to Halt Sri Lanka Deportation Flight

The Stop Deportation Network has called for action to prevent a charter flight to Sri Lanka scheduled to depart on February 28 2013. Campaigners state that the UK Border Agency (UKBA) has hired 8 aircraft to forcibly return people to Sri Lanka since June 2011. Medical reports by Freedom From Torture and Human Rights Watch are cited to reveal that Tamils deported on these flights have been the victims of torture.

The campaign network states: ‘Every UKBA plane that lands in Colombo is a propaganda victory for the Sri
Lankan government, whose leaders face credible accusations of war crimes and ongoing genocide against the Tamils.’

Find out more about this case at Stop Deportations!