{"id":271417,"date":"2021-08-11T15:29:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T15:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1466929"},"modified":"2021-08-11T15:29:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T15:29:39","slug":"a-66-year-old-with-suspected-dementia-is-among-uk-residents-priti-patel-just-deported-to-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/08\/11\/a-66-year-old-with-suspected-dementia-is-among-uk-residents-priti-patel-just-deported-to-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"A 66-year-old with suspected dementia is among UK residents Priti Patel just deported to Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"

Home secretary Priti Patel and the UK government have once again<\/a> deported<\/a> UK residents to Jamaica – despite legal interventions and outcry from campaign groups. Amongst those deported was a 66-year-old with suspected dementia.<\/p>\n

Deporting people to Jamaica<\/h5>\n

As The Canary<\/em>‘s Sophia Purdy-Moore previously reported<\/a>, the Home Office was set to deport dozens of people on 11 August. Some media outlets placed<\/a> the figure at 90. It was sending them to Jamaica. Many of those<\/a> the government detained came to the UK as children, and some have children in the UK. As Purdy-Moore wrote:<\/p>\n

Campaigners have raised\u00a0concerns\u00a0that people who came to UK as children are at risk of being on a charter flight to Jamaica on\u00a011 August. This includes members of the Windrush generation and their descendants. According to the detainees that campaign group Movement for Justice interviewed, some facing deportation have lived in the UK for\u00a019 to\u00a030 years.<\/p>\n

Following legal interventions, the Home Office has\u00a0stated\u00a0that a number\u00a0of those potentially facing deportation will no longer be travelling on the planned flight. But the government still intends to go ahead with the deportation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On 11 August, the Home Office ran the deportation flight. The Guardian<\/em> reported<\/a> that the government ended up deporting seven people. It said that the cost of each deportation was around \u00a343,000. But the human cost was far greater.<\/p>\n

Real-world effects<\/h5>\n

The Voice<\/em> reported<\/a> that there was an outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19) at the detention centre holding the people prior to the flight. It noted that:<\/p>\n

those detained suffer from multiple health conditions and some are elderly<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Karen Doyle from campaign group Movement for Justice told<\/a> the Voice<\/em>:<\/p>\n

The majority of the Jamaica 50 detainees include people in their 60s and this puts them more at risk.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Also, as the Guardian<\/em> reported<\/a>, one of the deportees:<\/p>\n

lost a child in a case ruled by a coroner to be due to medical negligence and he had to leave his partner, the mother of their child, to grieve alone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Once the plane landed in Jamaica, the effects of the deportation became apparent:<\/span><\/p>\n

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*Update* #Jamaica50<\/a> the plane has landed. got call from confused 66y\/o son of Windrush we suspect has dementia. They gave him \u00a340, he has no phone of his own, he has zero family\/friends in JA, needs care & medication – this is BRUTAL INJUSTICE! #StopThePlane<\/a> #StopCharterFlights<\/a><\/p>\n

— Movement for Justice (@followMFJ) August 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n