Quotes about deportation (15 Quotes)


    Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review.

    In Kosovo Europe witnessed the greatest persecution of a whole people since the days of Hitler or Stalin. We acted because the age of mass deportation and ethnic cleansing belongs to Europe's past.



    The fact that family homes are invaded early in the morning by large groups of uniformed men who waken children in their beds, handcuff the parents in front of the children, and then take them away with perhaps about half an hour's notice in a van to a prison or for immediate deportation I think that's absolutely outrageous.



    They are joined by large numbers of peasants whose land is indiscriminately expropriated to feed China's breakneck industrial expansion. The land grabs, which are often orchestrated by corrupt local leaders and offer little compensation, leave farmers few options. They remind me of the deportation of the Jews out of Europe to the Warsaw ghetto, ... It's a horrible thing.


    Today's announcement fails to answer the fundamental question will the government's deportation plans result in suspects being sent to countries with a known record of torture.

    We are not resting our case on simply the knowledge of superiors of the acts of their subordinates, ... We are charging all five with personally ordering, planning, instigating, executing or aiding and abetting in the accounts of persecution, deportation and murder.


    Deportation is a decision taken by the home secretary under statute, ... The new grounds will include fostering hatred, advocating violence to further a person's beliefs, or justifying or validating such violence.



    We broadly welcome the use of powers to deport people, as long as the individuals involved have a right to appeal and the case for deportation is reasonable,



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