| Protest Against Removals to DR Congo |
| Monday, 19 February 2007 | |
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Message from the Unity Centre, Glasgow: 14 children and 13 adults from the DR Congo have been detained over the last week and all have removal directions for Monday 26th February on the same charter flight organised specially by the Home Office. Angelique and Eduard who were detained in Glasgow on Friday afternoon with their two young children, Ashley aged 4 and Ngienga aged 11 months, also have the same removal directions. PROTEST AGAINST FORCED REMOVALS BACK TO THE CONGO On Saturday, the new Glasgow Unity committee decided to hold a protest on Wednesday 21st February in support of Angelique and Eduard and all the other families who have been detained in Glasgow. WEDNESDAY 21st FEBRUARY Come and protest against the forced removals of families back to the Congo Outside the Home Office on Brand Street From 11am to 2pm. Bring banners and signs to hold. Please ask all your friends to come! Called by Glasgow Unity The Unity Centre 30 Ibrox Street Glasgow G51 1AQ 0141 427 7992
More information about the charter flight specially organised by the Home Office to take families back to the Congo. Please fax and phone XL Airways asking them not to take these families. xla4334 belongs to XLA JN Excel Airways - United Kingdom Fax: 01883 627564 XL AIrways UK Limited Explorer House Fleming Way Crawley West Sussex RH10 9EA XL Airways is a charter airline with headquarters at Crawley in the United Kingdom. XL Airways is the new name for Excel Airways following a major rebrand. XL provides short-haul and long-haul services to European and Middle Eastern leisure destinations from its three bases of London Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow. The airline also operates services from Newcastle, Bristol, Nottingham East Midlands, Birmingham, Cardiff, Humberside, London Stansted and Belfast International. The parent company of XL Airways is the XL Leisure Group. [citation needed] In November 2006, XLLG launched XL Airways France and XL Airways Germany.. Excel Airways Limited holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, which permits it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.[1] [Information from the NCADC] Eduard, Angelique and Ashley - detained with 11 month old Joshua, on Friday, being held in Dungavel and about to be removed back to DR Congo on Monday 26th February on a plane specially chartered by the Home Office along with many other Congoloese families who have been detained in the last few days. Eduard has been in the UK since 1999 What you can do! - Come to the protest outside the Home Office on Wednesday 21st February, 11am - 2pm - Phone or fax XL Airlines and protest about them taking many families back to the Congo - http://www.xl.com/ Fax: 01883 627564 XL AIrways UK Limited Explorer House Fleming Way Crawley West Sussex RH10 9EA The Unity Centre 30 Ibrox Street Glasgow G51 1AQ 0141 427 7992 |