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Joseph Maggs

Joseph Maggs is a coordinator with SOAS Detainee Support.

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Image shows protesters outside Manston asylum centre in Kent, holding two banners. The one of the right reads 'Close down Manston'. The one on the left reads 'No borders, no nations, stop deportations'.

We Went to Manston Asylum Centre – This Is a Politically Manufactured Crisis

Joseph Maggs & Nadia Hasan

Manston is the culmination of years of scapegoating refugees.

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