UK: TUI Stop deportation flights
TUI Fly stopped running deportation flights for the UK government as a result of campaigning and direct action by grassroots anti-racist and abolitionist groups (SOAS Detainee Support, Kurdistan Solidarity Network, Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants, Black Activists Rising Against Cuts).
Campaign Timeline: 2020-2022
TUI Fly stopped running deportation flights for the UK government as a result of campaigning and direct action by grassroots anti-racist and abolitionist groups (SOAS Detainee Support, Kurdistan Solidarity Network, Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants, Black Activists Rising Against Cuts).
In early 2021, a campaign was launched by a coalition of groups, coordinated by SOAS Detainee Support (SDS), targeting the airline and holiday company TUI. The campaign’s goal was to end TUI’s complicity in the Home Office’s Hostile Environment. For around two years, TUI was the main airline flying mass deportation charter flights. They ran nine in November 2020 alone, and were responsible for many hundreds of deportations. Learn more about the campaign here.
✊CAMPAIGN VICTORY✊
For almost a year, we have been campaigning against @TUlUK, aiming to end their role as The Home Office's main deportation partner.
Today, we are pleased to announce the success of this campaign.
Full statement:https://t.co/v1TkkrdjxV pic.twitter.com/nsjXuYRSh7
— SOAS Detainee Support (SDS) (@sdetsup) February 14, 2022
