fatvegan

I found this rather spectacular story on a massive forced removal operation that covertly repatriated 32 failed asylum seekers to countries all over the world. It was released during an unfair dismissal dispute between the second-in-charge of the operation and Australasian Correctional Management (ACM). It's fascinating. Most of the staff involved had no training and no real idea of what they were trying to do. They had chartered a Malaysian Airlines flight and filled it with handcuffs and restraining equipment because so many of the deportees were at risk of self-harm. They got harassed by officials in the countries that stopped at because people were so suspicious of all their equipment (and presumably all their prisoners). The man in charge of the operation got so frustrated with one of the prisoners refusing to drink that he grabbed the guys head and forced a cup of water into his mouth. Truly bizarre.