BCA STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT DEPORTATION FLIGHTBCA STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT DEPORTATION FLIGHT

Black Cultural Archives supports those who are due to be deported to Jamaica next week on a charter flight.

The flight should be cancelled.

The Lessons Learned Review from the Windrush Scandal of 2018 has not yet been published and evidence is emerging that the people on the flight are not in fact the criminals that they have been portrayed as.

The government's own Home Office has released data that its compensation scheme is not working for victims. The Home Affairs Select Committee has reported errors in judgement and practice.

This is not the time to deport vulnerable people.

The flight should be cancelled and a full review of the hostile environment should be undertaken.

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