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Germany: Passengers prevent deportation

01 March 1995

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Algerian refugee Boualem Sadadou had been told at the end of February that he was to be deported. However, when border guards tried to put him on a plane at Dusseldorf airport on 5 March they found that Boualem's friends and supporters from the town of Soest had already distributed a leaflet to the other passengers on the flight. The passengers sent a message to the captain of the plane saying that they would "refuse to fly as long as the Algerian refugee is on board". The captain agreed "Boualem Sadadou represents a danger to flight security" and refused to take off leaving the border guards no choice but to take Boualem back to his cell.

Refugee and human rights organisations called on 8 February for German people to "refuse all assistance to the deportation practices in Germany" which "contravene basic human rights". The appeal is particularly directed at doctors, police officers, border guards, judges, lawyers, civil servants and social workers. Its signatories include "International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), the refugee organisation "Pro Asyl", the German "Association of Critical Police Officers" as well as individuals from airlines and ground staff. The inclusion of the latter is important because it is estimated that the German airline Lufthansa is earning around DM20 million from transporting deportees.

Berlin Anti-racist Information Network, February & March 1995.

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