Swedish student stops Afghan man's deportation by refusing to sit down on a plane
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Swedish student stops Afghan man's deportation by refusing to sit down on a plane
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/swedish-student-stops-afghan-mans-deportation-by-refusing-to-sit-down-on-a-plane
Another spineless government.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/swedish-student-stops-afghan-mans-deportation-by-refusing-to-sit-down-on-a-plane
Another spineless government.
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Interesting story. I would like to know the details surrounding the deportation. If the deportee isn't a criminal or something and really is at risk if sent back, I'm 100% inclined to side with the protestor. There are many things a lot more important than air travellers being delayed, and saving a human being from suffering or being killed is certainly one of them. And I've heard that people are getting more and more racist/xenophobic in Sweden these days, so anyone combating that bullshit is a hero IMO.
That said, I'm pro-deportation if someone actually poses a risk to society.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/swedish-student-activist-delays-deportation-of-afghan-man-1.4028526#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=AO9WRwa
It's all for not. She faces the possibility of being charged and he is still getting deported...
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Their anger intensified shortly before Christmas, with the news of the damage to a hospital in Hanoi that had been partly equipped by Sweden. And that night, after 9 P.M., with his sons in bed upstairs, Premier Olof Palme sat down at the kitchen table and wrote out a statement that linked the American bombing of North Vietnam with Nazi massacres in World War II. He set it aside, reread it in the morning, consulted a few associates‐‐‐but not his Foreign Ministry—and then issued it to the press. The result was a violent reaction from Washington and a sharp slap.
Continue reading the main storyPresident Nixon heard of Mr. Palme's words just after they moved on news agency wires on Dec. 23 and ordered diplomatic retaliation. The Swedes were told that their new Ambassador, Yngve Möller, would not be welcome for the present and that the American chargé d' affaires, John C. Guthrie, would not be returning to Stockholm.
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An airplane is no place for protestors ... I hope they throw the book her, literally.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I do know that many deportations are absolutely horrible and cruel decisions made by those hired to fairly vet asylum seekers or other illegal immigrants, for no other reason than to be fucking hard asses. It's done by jerks who refuse to think in any way other than black and white, which is a pathetic and dimwitted way to deal with it. I do not know if that was the case here or not. IF it was, then that girl is a hero. IF it wasn't, then I dunno what her story is, maybe she just really really cares about the guy and went extreme. Either way, I still can't say I care overly much about passengers being delayed. I always felt that airline passengers way overreact to what I consider pretty minor inconveniences in the scheme of things (yeah yeah, there are exceptions to every rule of course). Some plane passengers can be such bitchy assholes.
There is a lot that's not working well here, I think it's important that we help those most in need but they seem to let everyone in, its not a well working system, unfortunately.
And then we have people doing things like this on top of everything.
In what specific ways have asylum seekers lowered your own quality of life in Sweden, out of curiosity?
Did you know that this asylum seeker she "rescued" from the plane was a criminal.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
The 52 yr old afghan man being deported, had been serving time for assult, that was not the reason for his deportation though. It was considered safe for him to be deported. The girl Elin has said she knew nothing about this man but wanted to save him because of he is a human. I found an article about this subject also.
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How a Swedish student’s protest against forced deportation could backfire
25 July 2018
3:49 PM
If the Sweden Democrats, an anti-immigration party, triumphs in the country’s general election on 9 September it won’t be thanks to Vladimir Putin, no matter how many Swedes fear his drones are trying to swamp them with internet propaganda. It will be Elin Ersson wot swung it for them – along with the police and authorities at Gothenburg Airport. Ms Ersson filmed herself refusing to sit down on a Turkey-bound plane until a failed asylum-seeker, who was being deported to Afghanistan, was removed. He duly was.
Students have been doing this sort of thing for decades, of course – albeit without the benefit of live-streaming on social media, but just why did the airport authorities make it so easy for Ms Ersson? There is now some talk of her being prosecuted, even jailed – something which would be over the top, achieve nothing but generate sympathy and is highly unlikely to happen. On the other hand, she could quite easily have been removed by the simple expedient of having two polite security guards or police officers lift her up by the arms and carry her off, allowing the plane to take off as planned.
By failing to do this, and granting her demands, Gothenburg’s airport authorities have sent out a very loud ‘welcome’ to other protestors. If it is really that easy for a moon-faced student on social media to have an asylum-seeker removed from a plane, how attractive it must be to others to head for the nearest Swedish airport and stage their own stand-up protest? Angry that your IKEA shelves fell apart after three months? No problem – just live-stream yourself on a plane on the tarmac at Gothenburg Airport and you’ll get your money back, no problem. More worryingly, what message does it send to terrorists and hijackers about security presence at the airport?
You have to admire Ms Ersson’s brazenness. But the ease with which she got her way won’t, I suspect, go down well with a good many Swedish voters who were relieved that finally – it seemed – a tough stance was being taken on migration. Sweden’s naivety in putting out the welcome mat to all and sundry has resulted in 400,000 asylum applications in the past five years – one for every 25 of the existing population. Only belatedly has the social democrat-led government realised that it isn’t easy for a small country to integrate such numbers of migrants, especially when there is such a heavy bias towards men: in 2016 Sweden received 91,146 male migrants and 71,859 female ones.
Uncontrolled migration has resulted in what many Swedes regard as localised breakdowns in law and order – which included a remarkable 35 grenade attacks in 2016, somewhat a novelty in Scandinavia. Finally, two years ago the government responded to growing anger at the uncontrolled nature of migration. Tougher rules were put in place regarding asylum applications and repatriations of failed asylum-seekers speeded up (although there remains a huge backlog in applications).
And then comes along Ms Ersson and throws a spanner in the system by refusing to sit down on a plane. “I am trying to change my country’s rules, I don’t like them,” she bleated. “It is not right to send people to hell.” Her future career options will now presumably exclude any PR role for the Afghan government – the last thing you want when you are trying to reconstruct your country after 40 years of war and unrest is for a social media star likening it to the underworld.
But as regards the future of Sweden, the only winners that I can see from this will be the Sweden Democrats, who have promised to tighten immigration law further, and who are already trailing the Social Democrats by only a narrow margin. Maybe, if they do reach office, they will reward Ms Ersson with a peace prize.
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And is he really trying to argue that Afghanistan isn’t a fairly dangerous place?
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"