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Babi Badalov was deported

reposter | 21.09.2008 19:08 | Anti-racism | Migration

He sent a little poem to his friends in UK.

BABI+HELLO FROM HELLBAIJAN

Fakkk you miss jacquyi locksmith from hellbaijan
fakk you united king kong yankee go khomebashi
will not died n kill myself
will conitine except you giving me adventure pain
i am live but its very terrible place to be here
i am affraid of my family come find me here
i lav all all you there
you all so good and nice plesant to me

--
Babi Badalov


According to LGBT News:
LGBT Asylum News, Sunday, 21 September 2008 http://madikazemi.blogspot.com/2008/09/

Babakhan (Babi) Badalov was deported from Heathrow Airport yesterday afternoon on a British Midlands Airways (BMI) to Baku.

The deportation was described by his supporters as appearing to go against the UK Border Agency's rules as they changed the details of Babi's forced removal at the last minute and did so on a Saturday.

Babi reported being told by a Border Agent, "you make us sick, you're going back where you belong."

He was due to fly earlier in the day on Azerbaijan Airlines but the airline refused to take him after they were contacted by supporters of Babi. As soon as supporters learned of the change of airline to BMI they attempted to contact them, however many were not able to get through and claim that the Press Officer of BMI's contact number was deliberately switched off.

A medical assesment conducted on Friday had strongly recommended that Babi required a mental health check and an appointment with a neurologist had been arranged. His local MP Jenny Willotts has made strong representations for Babi urging the Home Office not to deport him.
Further, Peter Tatchell, who was contacted by Deputy Prime Minister Harriet Harman, after she was booed at the London Pride Rally in July because of the government's approach to LGBT asylum, contacted Harman about Babi:

He (Babi) is scheduled for deportation despite him being in the process of filing a new asylum claim with fresh evidence. This new evidence includes one of his brothers threatening to kill him on grounds that he had shamed the family by being gay. There are also new witness statements detailing Babi's history of violent, homophobic persecution in Azerbaijan.

In these circumstances, his removal should be put on hold until he has an opportunity to put forward this new evidence to an asylum tribunal.

Tatchell says that when he recently met Harriet Harman, she and Barbara Follett MP sagreed to examine and assist in the correction of any unfair treatment of LGBT asylum applicants.

reposter

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BMI's Head Offices

21.09.2008 19:38


So BMI decided to cash in on Babi's misery did they?

BMI Head Offices -

Donington Hall
Castle Donington
Derby
DE74 2SB

It was good to see the effect our pressure had on Azerbaijan Airlines though...

X


Contact BMI

21.09.2008 21:29


The Chief Executive of BMI is Nigel Turner.

His e-mail address is:  nigel.turner@flybmi.com

Let him know what you think of his company's involvement with deportation of refugees...

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mail e-mail: -


BMI 'Babi' - the airline with a tiny heart

22.09.2008 14:35

Babi Badalov, deported to Azerbaijan, Sept 2008
Babi Badalov, deported to Azerbaijan, Sept 2008

Babi's is not an isolated case, of course. John ‘Bosco’ Nyombi was deported on a flight in Entebbe, Uganda on Friday evening. See:  http://gayswithoutborders.wordpress.com/

We wish you luck Babi and John! Until these deportations are stopped it is the politicians like Jacqui 'lock' Smith & Liam Byrne, the UK Border Agency officials and their private contractors, and not least airlines like the defunct XL airways, Virgin (never done it before, honest), BA (British don't care-ways) & now BMI 'Babi' (the airline with a tiny heart) who have (and will have) blood on their hands if the threats to the lives of these and other gay deportees become a reality.

No Borders Nottingham
- Homepage: http://www.nobordersnottingham.org.uk


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