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  1. Taped statement of Viraj Mendis (1989)

    Genre
    Speech

    Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker) Viraj Mendis, who has been living illegally in the UK, claims that he will be killed if he sets foot in his homeland. Before he left Pentonville Prison for Gatwick Airport...

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  2. Mark Brown on the plight of Viraj Mendis (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Music

    The argument against deportation put forward by Viraj Mendis, a Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) living illegally in the UK, is based on the recent rise of a Sinhalese terror group, the Janatha Vimukthi...

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  3. Viraj Mendis case - Solicitor (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    David Burgess, solicitor for arrested Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis, on the courses of action open to his client. Male interviewer not identified.

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  4. Mark Brown on the plight of Viraj Mendis (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    The argument against deportation put forward by Viraj Mendis, a Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) living illegally in the UK, is based on the recent rise of a Sinhalese terror group, the Janatha Vimukthi...

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  5. Deported Viraj Mendis fears for his life (1989)

    Genre
    Speech

    Tape smuggled out of Sri Lanka by Father Henry West who went out with him in which Viraj Mendis who was deported for illegally living in the UK for 15 years says he is in fear of his life and has been denied...

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  6. Viraj Mendis case - Solicitor (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis was seized by police from a church in which he had taken sanctuary. His solicitor, David Burgess, says it will be a race against time to prevent his...

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  7. Viraj Mendis deported (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Neil McCafferty reports on a tape brought back by Father Henry West from Columbo, Sri Lanka in which Viraj Mendis, deported for living illegally in the UK for 15 years, says his life is now in danger. Father...

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  8. Viraj Medis seized from church - Home Office responds (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    After the outcry over today’s seizing of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis, Home Office Minister Tim Renton defends the actions of police in arresting him. Renton says that Mendis had...

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  9. Police defend Viraj Mendis arrest (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, David Phillips defends his officers’ actions during the arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis, who was seized in a church and is...

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  10. Viraj Medis seized from church - Vicar responds (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    The arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis has provoked a political storm. Clergymen and politicans have attacked the manner of his arrest, particularly the level of force that was...

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