強制送還された外国人の受けた仕打ち＠英国

前に日本から強制送還中に亡くなったガーナ人のニュースを取り上げたけど、2010-04-13 - おこじょの日記英国もひどいことがあったようだ。
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/abused-humiliated-and-abandoned-what-really-happens-when-the-uk-deports-failed-asylumseekers-2018387.html

Yves Yitgna Njitchoua arrived in Britain and applied for asylum in 2005, claiming he had suffered persecution and been tortured by the police in Cameroon because of his political views. His brother, a local councillor, had been killed because of his involvement in the opposition party.

A medical report compiled for his asylum claim found evidence that he had been tortured on several occasions and had suffered scarring from cigarette burns as well as injuries to his testicles and legs. A UK immigration judge ordered his removal, however.

An attempt to deport him was made on 9 April. He was put on a Kenya Airways flight from Heathrow to Nairobi, from where he was scheduled to fly to Cameroon. He was accompanied by a male and a female escort officer, and a male medical escort; all three were provided by the private security company Group 4 Securicor (G4S).

Yves Yitgna Njitchoua氏は2005年に英国に入国し、政治的理由でカメルーン警察から暴行を受けたことで、難民申請を行った。地方議員であった兄は、野党側だったため当局に殺害されたという。難民申請の際の診断では、繰り返し暴行を受けた跡やタバコの火をのやけどがあると認められたが、入国審査官は彼を難民と認めなかった。4月9日に強制送還されることになり、ヒースローからナイロビに飛んで、その後カメルーンへ飛ぶ予定だった。男女各1名の係員と、男性医療スタッフが同行していたが、3名ともグループ4セキュリコールという民間会社のスタッフだった。

In a formal complaint to the UK Border Agency after the removal attempt, lawyers wrote: "They told him that if he went to Kenya they as escorts would earn more money. They told him that there was a 13-hour transit period in Kenya and that if he still did not want to return to Cameroon, they led him to believe that there was a prospect that he could return to the United Kingdom."

After flying through the night, Mr Njitchoua spent the day in Nairobi airport transit lounge, and at around 5pm the escorts asked him to move to the gate for the flight to Cameroon; he refused. Accounts of what happened next differ.

According to reports filed by the three G4S escorts, Mr Njitchoua became physically violent and punched the walls, shouting that somebody "will die today". Kenyan police were called.

Mr Njitchoua claims that one of the escorts went to speak to the Kenyan police: "She came back with a crowd of police officers and they told me you have to move to the gate and they began dragging me by my clothes. They handcuffed my right hand, then tried to join both hands behind my back but I just tried to use all my strength to not allow them to bring my hands together.

"They began pinching me and kicking. They dropped me to the floor and put their legs on my leg and tried to strangle me. I screamed and couldn't breathe so I said I give up and gave up my left hand so they could join them. I was bleeding on my nose and my mouth and my wrist was painful."

According to both accounts, Mr Njitchoua was taken to an immigration office where his handcuffs remained on for over an hour. The flight to Cameroon was suffering technical problems and had not yet departed, but the pilot refused to carry Mr Njitchoua because of his distressed state. Mr Njitchoua and his escorts spent the night on airport benches before flying back on a Virgin Atlantic plane the following morning.

Four days after the incident he was examined by a doctor from the charity Medical Justice who found bruising to the face and ribs, evidence that Mr Njitchoua had been held "tightly around his neck" and a loss of sensation to his right wrist. Dr Charmian Goldwyn concluded: "Overall the distribution of the injuries, the severity of the wrist and facial injuries are highly consistent with Mr Njitchoua's account of assault in Nairobi Airport and an innocent explanation is unlikely."

氏の弁護団による英国国境エージェンシーへの訴状では、係員たちは彼にケニヤまで行けば金がはいる、乗り換えまでに13時間あるからカメルーンに帰りたくなければ英国に戻ることもできると期待させた、とある。夜間のフライトのあと、ナイロビ空港で日中過ごし、午後5時ごろ係員らは氏をカメルーン行きのゲートへ連れていこうとしたが、氏は拒否した。ここから両者の言い分が異なる。係員らは、この時点で氏が暴れ出し、壁を殴って誰かを殺してやるといったと語る。ケニヤ警察が呼ばれた。Njitchoua氏は係員が警察を大勢連れてきて、彼らが無理やりゲートへ引きずっていこうとしたと語る。「私の右腕に手錠をはめ、両手を後ろに回そうとしたので全力で抵抗した。すると彼らは私をつねったり、けったりした。床に押し付け、足を踏みつけて首を絞めてきた。息ができなくて、仕方なく左手を差し出した。鼻や口から出血して、手首がひどく痛んだ。」ここから両者の話は一致する。氏は手錠をかけられたまま、入国管理事務所へ連れていかれた。カメルーン行きの便は出発が遅れていたが、パイロットは氏の惨めな状況を見て搭乗を拒んだ。翌日の便で英国に戻るまで、氏と係員は空港で一夜を明かした。事件の4日後、氏はボランティア団体の医師の診察を受けた。顔やあばらにあざがあり、強く首を絞められた跡があった。これは氏の話と一致しており、ナイロビ空港で暴行を受けたのは間違いないと考えられた。

しかも、一般の乗客が目にしないようにチャーター便で難民を送還してるんだって。付き添うのは、しかも民間会社の時給で雇われてる係員！
なんつうか、ひどすぎる・・・