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The shameful deportation of Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has received a good deal of press in the UK. Curious to know more about how this could have happened in the former Land of the Free, I read the Washington Post article on the event, then took a look at the man's web site. For those interested in his comments, they can be found at http://www.yusufislam.org.uk/pressreleasesept04.shtml
This is a portion of the press release:
After the experience of my dramatic deportation from the U.S.A. it feels like I am on a different planet from the one I was on a couple of days ago; certainly the world has changed, not for the best. Two days beforehand, I had started a journey with my daughter to Nashville, intending to initiate work on a new recording project. Suddenly, our aeroplane was diverted 600 miles to Bangor International Airport and I found myself surrounded by six uniformed officers and handed over to the FBI for questioning.
The most upsetting thing at this point was being separated from my daughter, Maymanah, not knowing how she was or when and where we might be united. And since my phone was confiscated I couldn't contact my family (nor could they ring me) and they were relegated to watching the whole frightening episode on TV and surviving on scraps of information shown by the media.
My interrogators repeatedly wanted to know how my name was spelt; it sounded to me as though they had it mixed up with someone else's. Security officers finally told me that my name was on a 'No Fly List', I was classified as 'Inadmissible', and sent back to London.
The amazing thing is that I was not given (and have still not been given) any explanation whatsoever as to what it is I am accused of, or why I am now deemed an apparent security threat - let alone given an opportunity to respond to these allegations. I was simply told that the order had come from 'on high'.
Charles Riggs
This is a portion of the press release:
After the experience of my dramatic deportation from the U.S.A. it feels like I am on a different planet from the one I was on a couple of days ago; certainly the world has changed, not for the best. Two days beforehand, I had started a journey with my daughter to Nashville, intending to initiate work on a new recording project. Suddenly, our aeroplane was diverted 600 miles to Bangor International Airport and I found myself surrounded by six uniformed officers and handed over to the FBI for questioning.
The most upsetting thing at this point was being separated from my daughter, Maymanah, not knowing how she was or when and where we might be united. And since my phone was confiscated I couldn't contact my family (nor could they ring me) and they were relegated to watching the whole frightening episode on TV and surviving on scraps of information shown by the media.
My interrogators repeatedly wanted to know how my name was spelt; it sounded to me as though they had it mixed up with someone else's. Security officers finally told me that my name was on a 'No Fly List', I was classified as 'Inadmissible', and sent back to London.
The amazing thing is that I was not given (and have still not been given) any explanation whatsoever as to what it is I am accused of, or why I am now deemed an apparent security threat - let alone given an opportunity to respond to these allegations. I was simply told that the order had come from 'on high'.
Charles Riggs
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[/nq] Was he really deported? Newscasters here aren't saying that at all: they're saying he was refused admission. Not every noncitizen of a country qualifies for entry into that country.
- [/nq] Was he really deported?
- Newscasters here aren't saying that at all: they're saying he was refused admission.
- Not every noncitizen of a country qualifies for entry into that country.
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[nq:1]The shameful deportation of Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has received a good deal of press in the UK.[/nq]
Was he really deported? Newscasters here aren't saying that at all: they're saying he was refused admission. Not every noncitizen of a country qualifies for entry into that country.
Was he really deported? Newscasters here aren't saying that at all: they're saying he was refused admission. Not every noncitizen of a country qualifies for entry into that country.
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J. W. Love typed thus:
[nq:2]The shameful deportation of Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has received a good deal of press in the UK.[/nq]
[nq:1]Was he really deported? Newscasters here aren't saying that at all: they're saying he was refused admission. Not every noncitizen of a country qualifies for entry into that country.[/nq]
It's perfectly true that refusing admission
[nq:2]The shameful deportation of Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has received a good deal of press in the UK.[/nq]
[nq:1]Was he really deported? Newscasters here aren't saying that at all: they're saying he was refused admission. Not every noncitizen of a country qualifies for entry into that country.[/nq]
It's perfectly true that refusing admission
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[nq:2]The shameful deportation of Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has received a good deal of press in the UK.[/nq]
[nq:1]Was he really deported? Newscasters here[/nq]
Sorry, where is "here"?
[nq:1]aren't saying that at all: they're saying he was refused admission.[/nq]
What, do you think "deportation" requires a minimum stay in the country or something? I'm really havi
[nq:1]Was he really deported? Newscasters here[/nq]
Sorry, where is "here"?
[nq:1]aren't saying that at all: they're saying he was refused admission.[/nq]
What, do you think "deportation" requires a minimum stay in the country or something? I'm really havi
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Charles Riggs wrote on 26 Sep 2004:
[nq:1]The shameful deportation of Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has received a good deal of press in the ... took a look at the man's web site. For those interested in his comments, they can be found at http://www.yusufislam.org.uk/pressreleasesept04.
[nq:1]The shameful deportation of Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has received a good deal of press in the ... took a look at the man's web site. For those interested in his comments, they can be found at http://www.yusufislam.org.uk/pressreleasesept04.
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[nq:1]J. W. Love typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]Was he really deported? Newscasters here aren't saying that at ... noncitizen of a country qualifies for entry into that country.[/nq]
[nq:1]It's perfectly true that refusing admission is within the competency of any state, but he had been to the USA ... to be allowed to fly over the US Eastern coast, which sounds like it's open to a charge of defama
[nq:2]Was he really deported? Newscasters here aren't saying that at ... noncitizen of a country qualifies for entry into that country.[/nq]
[nq:1]It's perfectly true that refusing admission is within the competency of any state, but he had been to the USA ... to be allowed to fly over the US Eastern coast, which sounds like it's open to a charge of defama
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Aren't airports though considered a special case? Like you are sort of not yet in the country? In the case of most other aliens, like illegal Mexican immigrants, they are usually not within a restricted area, like an airport.
Also, on one occassion in "You Only Die Twice", Bond's "body" is buried at sea, only to be retrieved alive by a Bristish sub and when it's unwrapped, he salutes the
Also, on one occassion in "You Only Die Twice", Bond's "body" is buried at sea, only to be retrieved alive by a Bristish sub and when it's unwrapped, he salutes the
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don groves wrote on 26 Sep 2004:
[nq:2]J. W. Love typed thus: It's perfectly true that refusing ... which sounds like it's open to a charge of defamation.[/nq]
[nq:1]RIP Land of the Free.[/nq]
There never was a Land of the Free. It's as much a myth as the Garden of Eden.
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor
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[nq:2]J. W. Love typed thus: It's perfectly true that refusing ... which sounds like it's open to a charge of defamation.[/nq]
[nq:1]RIP Land of the Free.[/nq]
There never was a Land of the Free. It's as much a myth as the Garden of Eden.
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor
For email, replace numbers with English alphabet.
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John Seeliger wrote on 26 Sep 2004:
[nq:2]Sorry, where is "here"? What, do you think "deportation" requires ... travel. Is there some new meaning of "deport" being formed?[/nq]
[nq:1]Aren't airports though considered a special case? Like you are sort of not yet in the country?[/nq]
No.
[nq:1]In the case of most other aliens, like illegal Mexican immigrants, they are usually not wit
[nq:2]Sorry, where is "here"? What, do you think "deportation" requires ... travel. Is there some new meaning of "deport" being formed?[/nq]
[nq:1]Aren't airports though considered a special case? Like you are sort of not yet in the country?[/nq]
No.
[nq:1]In the case of most other aliens, like illegal Mexican immigrants, they are usually not wit
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[nq:2]Is there some new meaning of "deport" being formed?[/nq]
[nq:1]Aren't airports though considered a special case? Like you are sort of not yet in the country? In the case of most other aliens, like illegal Mexican immigrants, they are usually not within a restricted area, like an airport.[/nq]
That wouldn't seem to explain how a Canadian citizen could be deported by the US to Syria, w
[nq:1]Aren't airports though considered a special case? Like you are sort of not yet in the country? In the case of most other aliens, like illegal Mexican immigrants, they are usually not within a restricted area, like an airport.[/nq]
That wouldn't seem to explain how a Canadian citizen could be deported by the US to Syria, w
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CyberCypher typed thus:
[nq:1]Only some countries have transit areas which one may enter without checking one's luggage through customs while waiting for a ... Japan. There are probably others, but I'm not a world traveller, so I don't know them. Others will, I'm sure.[/nq]
I can't speak for the whole of the UK, but when I return to Manchester via Heathrow from the USA or Japan, my bags ar
[nq:1]Only some countries have transit areas which one may enter without checking one's luggage through customs while waiting for a ... Japan. There are probably others, but I'm not a world traveller, so I don't know them. Others will, I'm sure.[/nq]
I can't speak for the whole of the UK, but when I return to Manchester via Heathrow from the USA or Japan, my bags ar
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