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Student prevents Afghan man’s deportation by refusing to sit down inside plane

One 21-year-old Swedish student activist tried to stop the deportation of an Afghan man by protesting inside a plane which was about to take off. Apparently, planes cannot take off unless all air passengers have taken their seats and put their safety belts on; so as a means to interrupt the Afghan man's deportation, Elin Ersson refused to sit down. The plane was bound for Istanbul from Gothenburg, Sweden. The Afghan man was scheduled to be sent to Istanbul, from where authorities would eventually decide about his deportation. Ersson bought a ticket for the same flight after learning about the man's deportation, reports The Washington Postyesterday, July 25. Ersson went live on ...

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