I think we were more than 20. We were 15 at the beginning, than a few more people arrived from London, than a contingent from Brighton. I am not very good at counting - especially when D-locked and superglued to the gate of an immigration prison - but I thought it was a great turn up considering the very short notice, the very early rise in the morning and the fact that until the very last we did not have precise information about the charter flight. Some people did not make it because we had to change time at the last moment. Some others who arrived later were prevented from getting there by the police. The police also prevented all journalists who arrived from getting near Tinsley House - I would like to know under what powers - and arrested one of us protesters who was filming the violent arrests that put an end to the blockade, confiscating his camera and film. So the world will never be able to see how much unreasonable force was used. Speaking for myself I can only say that my arms are still hurting after they twisted my hands behind my back and lifted me up like that. Twice.
Which is nothing compare to the violence on deportees assaulted during deportation attempts - by escorts usually, that is thugs privately hired not normal cops: broken fingers and ribs, dislocated wrists and ankles, extensive bruising, people coughing up blood or passing blood with urine, permanent nerve damage, sexual injuries etc. (Look at the Medical Justice website, they have documented some 300 cases:  http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk). Than on normal airlines passengers often complain and pilots often order these poor people off the flight, but if people are deported by charter flight there is no one there to see.