forced expulsions ... from UK

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from the excellent (Brit)  National Coalition of Anti-Deportation
Campaigns website at

http://www.ncadc.demon.co.uk/index.html

Deportations Shame our Nation
http://www.ncadc.demon.co.uk/14js/1.html

     Provisional figures for deportations and persons refused and
removed for 1998,
     show the true horror of UK immigration laws.

     National media always concentrate on the numbers coming in but
never about
     the numbers going out.

     A total of 34,775 persons were kicked out of the UK in 1998 - 668
persons per
     week - 4 persons per hour.

     Over all enforcements for 1998 are up 13.5% on 1997 but an
alarming
     acceleration is seen in the last 6 months of 1998 the percentage
increase has
     risen by 21% - definitely firmer and definitely faster.


     "The Turn of the Screw"

     The purpose of all immigration laws, beginning with the 1906
"Aliens Act" and all the Immigration
     acts after the war, whether they were Tory or Labour, up to and
including the 1996 Asylum and
     Immigration Act, has been to make it harder and harder for non UK
nationals to enter the UK and
     easier to kick them out if they did enter.
     Each Act was more oppressive, discriminatory and heart breaking
than its predecessor.

     The 1999 "Immigration and Asylum" bill by comparison makes them
all look tame,
     its sheer viciousness leaves you breathless.




     Deportations in 1st 6 months of 1998: 3,295 - 126 per week.

     2nd half of 1998: 3,890 - 149 per week (up 18% on 1st 6 months)

     Refused & removed 1st 6 months of 1998: 12,400 - 476 per week.

     2nd half of 1998: 15,190 - 584 per week (up 22.5% on 1st 6
months)

     Total enforcements in 1st 6 months of 1998: 15,695 - 602 per
week.

     2nd half of 1998: 19,080 - 733 per week (up 21.5% on 1st 6
months)


     Persons deported 1 January to 31 December 1998: 7,185
     up 945 on 1997 an increase of 15.1%


     Persons refused and removed 1 January to 31 December 1998: 27,590
     up 3,215 on 1997 an increase of 13.1%

     Total enforcements 1 January to 31 December 1998: 34,775
     up 4,160 on 1997 an increase of 13.5%