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Phone blockade BMI today!
CMS - 14.06.2010 11:17
A callout has been put out for a mass phone-in of BMI this Monday and
Tuesday, ahead of the charter to Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, following
news that the Airline has been providing the regular flights to Kabul.
Phone blockade of BMI airlines against chater flight to Afghanistan
A callout has been put out for a mass phone-in of BMI this Monday and
Tuesday, ahead of the charter to Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, following
news that the Airline has been providing the regular flights to Kabul:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/06/453448.html
PRESS RELEASE by London No Borders
Sunday 13 June 2010
Press Release:
Lufthansa-owned British Midland International (BMI) plans charter
deportation to Afghanistan
According to information received in the last few days,
Nottinghamshire-based British Midland International (BMI), owned since
last year by German airline Lufthansa, is planning a deportation
charter flight to Kabul, Afghanistan, this Tuesday 15 June.
In the last months BMI have in deportations to Sudan, Ethiopia and Iran.
London NoBorders calls on BMI to stop taking part in the forced
deportations of refugees and other migrants. The airline is responsible
for carrying migrants who are being deported
from the UK against their will by the British Government.
BMI employees have previously stated that BMI cannot refuse to
transport deportees and the decision is out of their control. However,
other airlines have refused to fly deportees in the past, including XL
Airways who announced in 2007 that they would no longer carry refused
asylum-seekers who were being forcibly removed from the UK.[2]
BMI must be made aware of the impact of their actions on the lives of
the people they deport and how their image and business will be
affected if they continue this practice.
German Lufthansa, who have owned BMI since 2008[2], has been involved into
forced deportations for decades and has been widely critised by
activists and human rights groups for their deportation policies,
which caused the death of a deportee onboard a Lufhansa flight in
1999. The widespread criticism has led the German pilot association
cockpit to recommend pilots should refuse the transport of passengers
"unwilling to travel".
London NoBorder
contact:  noborderslondon@riseup.net
http://london.noborders.org.uk
[1] see:
http://noborderswales.org.uk/2009/04/18/shut-down-bmi-airlines-day-20-april/
[2]
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/major-airline-refuses-to-help-with-forcible-removal-of-immigrants-394451.html
[3]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/30/lufthansa-bmi-airline-industry
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