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Protest: Let Great's family stay!

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Thursday August 09, 2007 14:12

by Residents Against Racism

residentsagainstracism at eircom dot net

c/o 12a Brunswick Court, Dublin 2

087 6662060 or 087 7974622

Protest
Let Great's family stay!
11.30 am, Tuesday 14 August
Garda National Immigration Bureau, Burgh Quay, Dublin (opposite Liberty Hall)

Great Agbonlahor is a 6-year-old autistic boy threatened with deportation - along with his twin sister Melissa and his mother Olivia - to Nigeria, where he will have no chance of receiving the treatment he needs. The family have now been brought from Killarney to Balseskin House hostel in Finglas, where Olivia has received unwelcome visits from Gardai hassling her.

The family have been told to report to the Garda National Immigration Bureau on Tuesday 14 August, and to bring their luggage with them. There is a very real chance that this is when the attempt will be made to deport the family. The last protest attracted a good crowd and wide publicity, but we need more this time to force Brian Lenihan to cancel the deportation order.

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humanatarian civilised?

by Con Carroll

Tue Aug 14, 2007 18:07

to-days decision to-deport OLivia, Melissa, Grace. by justice Develera is one of depression.
for a country, which claims to be civilised, humanatarian, christian has to be questioned.
this nonsense of the right wing media establishment. of opening the flood-gates to allow more people in, has to be kicked in the head. the role given by elected Sinn Fein councillors, in Cork and Dublin has to be commended, in their support. also Sinn Fein elected member of the Dail, Martin Ferris. along with activists. Lenihan in Devon-shire, bares responsibility. no doubt there will be people reading this, who will start mouthing about Irish children with autism. how children living in this state, with autism. is a bloody disgrace as we have seen by their families who have taken court cases.
Mary O rourke. FF who voiced suport on a personal level, for the family should have come out in public. to put pressure on Lenihan. we know that their is a close family connection.
may be there will be people sitting in the GNIB, in Burgh quay with a conscience. those who deported this family certainly have none. no doubt they will talk about been humanatarian, civilised christian. lets start treating all children equally in this country.

silence

Tue Aug 14, 2007 18:19

the silence of, senators. Ivana, Deirdre De Burca. against the deportation speaks volumes

mistaken identity

Thu Aug 16, 2007 15:19

yesterdays I rish Times said the judge was Garrett Sheehan.

Clarification.

by O-E

Thu Aug 16, 2007 16:25

Just to clarify last comment, Garrett Sheehan is a solicitor.

Correction

by Starstruck - WSM (pers cap)

Thu Aug 16, 2007 16:56

Garrett Sheehan was a solicitor until two months ago when he became the first solicitor practicing in the field of crime to be appointed directly to the high court as a judge.

Clarification of Clarification

by Observer

Thu Aug 16, 2007 16:58

Just to re-clarify the last comment, Garret Sheehan was appointed a Judge of the High Court several months ago along with Mary Irvine, John Edwards, Patrick J McCarthy, Brian McMahon, John Hedigan and George Birmingham. So he is now Mr. Justice Garret Sheehan.

Con

by Emma - RAR

Fri Aug 17, 2007 00:10

Unfortunatley Con the silence from the whole of the left speaks volumes not only on Great's case but on this issue - shame

A Sad State Of Affairs

by Susan Repasky - Flicker Light Studio

Fri Aug 17, 2007 01:42

To quote the Independent of August 15th, 2007, "Judge Garrett Sheehan refused to stop Justice Minister Brian Lenihan carrying out the deportation and said he did not have sufficient evidence to overturn the original order." So, it was Justice Minister Brian Lenihan who made the decision, but it was Judge Garrett Sheehan who washed his hands of the affair, much like Pontius Pilate.

This type of injustice is seen in the U.S. as well. Many families have been decimated by the deportation of immigrants, even those who have filed for citizenship. It is a harsh reality that we are living in a time when those who may have been welcomed to our lands before are now viewed as a threat in some fashion or another. The plaque on the bottom of a symbol of welcome, the Statue of Liberty reads:

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door".

These words are from the poem “The New Colossus,” written by the nineteenth-century American poet Emma Lazarus.

What I have visualized of late is sketching my own version of the statue, with belly wide open, immigrants pouring into the belly, and smoke belching out of her mouth. We are fast approaching a time when the value of humans is limited. This is a sad state of affairs.

Blessings,

Susan Isabella Sheehan-Repasky

“I have always taken a lesson from something that was told me by a sound man, that is, that everyone, Republican or otherwise, has his own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small, no one is too old or too young to do something.” Bobby Sands – March 9, 1954 to May 5, 1981.

Sad State

by observer

Fri Aug 17, 2007 02:36

" We are fast approaching a time when the value of humans is limited. This is a sad state of affairs."

And do tell me approximately how many years ago, was it that the new immigrants to Turtle Island slaughtered thousands of the indigenous population?

Therefore it could be presumed that the US government is protecting it's own ass and that of it's citizens from a new wave of immigrants - who just might be tempted ??

I Am Aware

Fri Aug 17, 2007 02:57

art at tomandsusan dot us

Hi Observer.

I am exquisitely and painfully aware of the extermination of Amer-Indians when this continent was occupied by the British. I am quite aware of the fact that even as recently as last century, the Amer-Indians in Arizona who were sent to the Indian School in Phoenix were forced to scrub the "color" off of their skin with pumice, and forbidden to speak in their own language. I am aware of this, as well as other dehumanizing and abhorrent acts of vileness.

I would not state that the U.S. government is covering it's ass, but rather setting the stage for some changes on an even larger global scale.

Blessings,

Susan Isabella Sheehan-Repasky

“I have always taken a lesson from something that was told me by a sound man, that is, that everyone, Republican or otherwise, has his own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small, no one is too old or too young to do something.” Bobby Sands – March 9, 1954 to May 5, 1981.

"It is the entitlement and birthright of every person born in the island of Ireland, which includes its islands and seas, to be part of the Irish Nation. That is also the entitlement of all persons otherwise qualified in accordance with law to be citizens of Ireland. Furthermore, the Irish nation cherishes its special affinity with people of Irish ancestry living abroad who share its cultural identity and heritage." (Article 2, Constitution of the Republic of Ireland.)

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