Stanstead Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/stanstead/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Stanstead Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/stanstead/ 32 32 Anti deportation protestors close English airport https://jjcornish.com/2017/03/anti-deportation-protestors-close-english-airport/ Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/03/anti-deportation-protestors-close-english-airport/ Nigerian and Ghanaian demonstrators have temporarily closed Stanstead airport in Britain in their protest against deportations. They occupied an aircraft they believed was due to carry deportees to Accra and Lagos. ends intro British authorities had to divert at least 23 flights from Stanstead Airport in southern England when protesters occupied an aircraft on the […]

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They occupied an aircraft they believed was due to carry deportees to Accra and Lagos.

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British authorities had to divert at least 23 flights from Stanstead Airport in southern England when protesters occupied an aircraft on the runway.

Stanstead is a hub for budget flights mainly from Europe into England.

The demonstrators believe the plane they occupied was about to carry home reluctant deportees from Ghana and Nigeria.

Police eventually boarded the plane and arrest 17 occupants.

The activists posted images of the protest on social media, including a photograph of people lying on the ground as they were surrounded by security staff and police.

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