Theresa May Deports Dying Man in the Dark of Night and Shames a Nation
http://www.scriptonitedaily.com/2013/11/29/theresa-may-deports-dying-man-in-the-dark-of-night-and-shames-a-nation/
Nov 29 2013
Human Rights, Immigration
”“I feel devastated. I’d rather die than go back. If they can take my body and bury it, that would be the only thing. I’m not going back, I’m telling you. There’s nothing there for me.” He said.
Theresa May’s response? She had officers draw up an ‘end of life’ plan for Muazu, and kept full steam ahead with the deportation.
As Simon Parker reports for openDemocracy:
“As Muazu’s physical and mental health deteriorated doctors declared him medically unfit for detention, but the Home Office refused to release him. Following legal challenges, the High Court and the Court of Appeal declared Muazu’s detention lawful and that the Home Office had the right to remove a man who its own staff accepted was close to death and for whom an ‘end of life plan’ had been drawn up.”
Theresa May is currently modelling herself as the Iron Lady of immigration. She claims she wants “to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration”. But today, she was not tough on illegal immigration. She condemned a starving man to death – either during his long journey home, or once he has arrived.
Lord Roberts of Llandudno, a long term advocate of Muazu’s case, came out with an unusually strong condemnation of May’s actions today.
“Isa Muazu’s removal from the UK and potential death on a flight or upon arrival in Nigeria is not only a tragedy but an end to the UK’s reputation as a country with humane, civilised, just policies and government,”“
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