Caribbean Report 29-07-1993
1. In London, attention has been focused on a case in which a Jamaican woman collapse while being served with a deportation order. Forty-year-old Joy Gardner stopped breathing after a struggle with police officers and is on a life support machine at the Whittington Hospital in North London. Jamaican born, Mrs. Gardner arrived in Britain in 1987 and in October 1990 her deportation order was signed. She asked for the deportation order to be re-considered as most of her family lives in Britain. Interviews with MP, Bernie Grant; Mrs. Myrna Simpson (mother of Joy Gardner), a doctor at the hospital and neighbours. Allyson Holt reports (00:00-03:10)
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| Format: | Recording, oral biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
1993-07-29
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| Subjects: | Deportation, > Great Britain, Gardner, Joy, 1953-1993, Police brutality, > Great Britain, Racism, > Great Britain, Crime and race, > Great Britain, Race discrimination, > Great Britain, Currency convertibility, > Cuba, Foreign exchange, > Cuba, Cricket players, > England, Lawrence, Stephen, 1974-1993, Environmental degradation, > Jamaica, Coffee plantations, > Jamaica, Haiti, > Politics and government, Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, Prime ministers, > Haiti, Malval, Robert, 1943-, Atherton, Michael, University of the West Indies. Centre for Sustainable Development, Jamaica. Natural Resources Conservation Authority, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2139/49217 |
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| Summary: | 1. In London, attention has been focused on a case in which a Jamaican woman collapse while being served with a deportation order. Forty-year-old Joy Gardner stopped breathing after a struggle with police officers and is on a life support machine at the Whittington Hospital in North London. Jamaican born, Mrs. Gardner arrived in Britain in 1987 and in October 1990 her deportation order was signed. She asked for the deportation order to be re-considered as most of her family lives in Britain. Interviews with MP, Bernie Grant; Mrs. Myrna Simpson (mother of Joy Gardner), a doctor at the hospital and neighbours. Allyson Holt reports (00:00-03:10) |
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