Migrant workers stabbed in wages dispute facing deportation

Antiracist group calls on authorities to halt deportation so men can testify in court

Antiracist group Keerfa alleges that men, stabbed on May 9 when they demanded 45 days’ backpay, are being deported in order to protect their employers

One of the men facing deportation (Photo: http://www.antiracismfascism.org)

Two Bangladeshi agricultural labourers who say they were stabbed by middlemen in a dispute over wages earlier this month are being threatened with deportation, an antiracist group has claimed.

The group, the United Movement Against Racism and Fascist Threat (Keerfa), said the police have initiated deportation procedures against the two, in order to cover up the role of their employers in the stabbing.

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