Furious transport workers have claimed they could be forced to detain migrants during deportations by the Home Office, threatening to defy the new rules if they come into force mollyblackall reports
Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union, described the legislation as “reactionary and inhumane” and said he intended to instruct members not to follow it. He toldthe clause would amount to a requirement for “transport workers to restrain and detain asylum seekers”.
It is not clear exactly which workers the clause would apply to, but is thought to impact those contracted by the Government to carry out deportation transport, such as privately contracted minibus drivers and airline staff.officials or private security guards acting on behalf of Border Force – with specialist security training – accompany all those on deportation flights and would also be present on the buses escorting migrants onto planes.
The new Bill, if passed, would expand rules laid out in the 1971 Immigration Act that state ship and plane captains cannot allow someone to disembark a deportation procedure. Those violating the 1971 Act face a sentence of up to six months in prison but it does not apply to other transport workers such as minibus drivers and rail staff.
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