Rally backs activist facing deportation
Hungarian had been arrested but not charged
HOUSING activists came together yesterday to support a peaceful protester threatened with deportation despite being a law-abiding citizen of a European Union country.
Hungarian-born Daniel Gardonyi attended his third meeting with the Home Office after being told last month that he was to be removed from Britain as part of Operation Nexus.
The joint programme between the Metropolitan Police and the Home Office aims to deport foreign nationals who have been arrested on suspicion of committing a crime, even if they have not been convicted of it.
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