Deportation at Frankfurt Airport successfully stopped!
Our protest action on Thursday evening showed that we do not have to accept all decisions of the immigration authorities without interfering. The deportation of Mimi T, ordered by the immigration authorities in Nuremberg, was supposed to take place on Thursday. In a joint press release of the Bavarian Refugee Council and Pro Asyl, the planned deportation of Mimi T to Ethiopia, as well as the actions of the immigration authorities in Nuremberg, were sharply criticized.
Since there was no more possibility to take legal action against the deportation, we personally contacted passengers at Frankfurt Airport. In such cases, the only possibility to stop a deportation is if the pilot refuses to take the person to be deported on the plane. Passengers and the crew can try to stop the deportation by talking to the person who is going to be deported and by asking the pilot to talk to the person. At Frankfurt Airport we informed passengers that Mimi T. is to be deported against her will on their flight. We informed them how they could act in solidarity and thus possibly prevent the deportation. Many passengers showed great sympathy, asked us many questions and decided to at least talk to the crew and Mimi T. on the plane. We were also able to address and inform the crew and the pilot personally during our protest action.
The same evening we heard that the deportation could be prevented. The passengers and the pilot expressed their critique against Mimi Ts deportation. A big thank you to passengers and crew of the flight to Addis Ababa and for their support and solidarity.
If friends, relatives or acquaintances of yours are deported on a scheduled flight, you can become just as active. Go to the airport and tell passengers about the deportation. On our homepage you will find a flyer which describes how passengers can act in solidarity and which you can distribute: http://nodeportation.antira.info/en/abschiebungen-verhindern/flyer/
