Swedish student Elin Errson’s protest on a plane saved an Afghan man from being deported

  • 6 years ago
Elin Errson, who is an asylum activist, remained standing so that the plane could not take off until the man was led away.
A courageous Swedish student cleverly used a loophole in flight regulations to prevent a man’s deportation to Afghanistan. Elin Errson, who is a student at Gothenburg University, prevented a plane at Sweden’s Gothenburg airport from taking off for Istanbul by remaining standing. As per flight regulations, a flight cannot take off until everyone is seated and has strapped on their seat belts.

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