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MP lays down early day motion to stop deportees being taken back to Iraq

Posted by Charlene Mitchell on Oct 20, 09 03:45 PM in

HAYES and Harlington MP, John McDonnell, has laid down an early day motion calling for flights taking deportees back to Iraq to be halted.

BBC News have reported that around 30 failed asylum seekers remain in UK detention after being refused re-entry to Iraq when their deportation flight landed in Baghdad on Thursday (15).

The UK Border Agency says it will send another flight but has not revealed when.

Campaigners opposed to deportation to Iraq on safety grounds have demonstrated in Parliament Square.

Twelve MPs have signed the early day motion laid down Mr McDonnell, calling for the flights to be halted.

The motion, which will not be debated but is used to draw attention to an issue, criticises "the deportation of innocent people to face violence, hardship and even death in a war zone like Iraq".

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