Protesters out in force as police storm church to seize asylum seeker

Title

Protesters out in force as police storm church to seize asylum seeker

Genre

News report; Interview; Music

TX Date

18 Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:11

Description

The arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis has provoked a political storm. Earlier today the thirty-two year-old communist and Tamil separatist was forcibly seized and removed from the Manchester church where he had been in hiding for two years. Protest demonstration spokesman Ed Jones describes the protests against the man’s deportation, and criticises police and the Home Office. Clip includes the singing of demonstrators. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ed Jones

Keywords

Deportation; Government; Law; Police; UK; Immigration; Demonstrations; Manchester; Policing practice; Refugees; Ethnic groups; Churches; Church and State; Sri Lanka; Asylum seekers; Arrests; Home Office; Tamils; Viraj Mendis

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