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Thinking on some of children affected by #Jamaica50 charter flight today. 15y/o son whose mum scared to tell him about flight cause she didn’t want him to loose all hope in system & what that anger could mean for him as a young black man #Jamaica50 #StopThePlane (1/5)
14 y/o daughter trying 2 prepare GCSE’s but terrified father she is extremely close to will be taken away forever. She takes on a lot of responsibility, helps her mum who works long hours as carer, dad had been at home through COVID & they’d gotten even closer #StopThePlane (2/5)
17y/o who suffered serious mental health difficulties (self harm/suicide) when dad was taken to prison a couple of yrs ago but who since his release has gone from strength to strength - now feeling those old terrors re-emerge #Jamaica50 #StopThePlane (3/5)
These deportations not just triple ‘punishment’ for parent. They’re devastating punishment on children. Do not do a damn thing to ‘solve’ issues that lead to crime, they’re racist political tool for govts to spread fear, create division & look “tough on crime” #StopThePlane (4/5)
Black/Asian/Immigrant lives, kids lives destroyed so govts can score points; divert attention from whatever negligence & economic disaster they preside over. Tale as old as time. One that ONLY mass anti-racist & immigrant rights movement can rewrite #StopThePlane #Jamaica50 (5/5)
