INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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Swedish activist Elin Ersson caused disruption on a plane that stopped the migrant being
sent home.
A Swedish activist has been fined 3,000 krona ($324; £251) for trying to stop the deportation of an Afghan
migrant.University student Elin Ersson booked what she thought was the same flight as the Afghan, refusing to sit down unless he was taken
The migrant in question was not on the flight after all, but another Afghan was onboard for deportation after serving a prison
sentence.Since the protest in July 2018, both Afghans have been expelled from Sweden.Ersson, 21, broadcasted her protest on Facebook from
the Turkish Airlines plane, which was bound for Istanbul, Turkey, from Gothenburg, Sweden.In the video, Ersson said she did not agree with
Sweden's policy of sending back rejected asylum seekers.Image copyrightfacebook/elin.k.erssonImage caption
Elin Ersson
refused to sit until the Afghan was taken off the flight
"I'm not going to sit down until this person is off the plane,
because he will most likely get killed," she said.The video shows how airline crew and other passengers urge her to sit down and to stop
Ersson was eventually removed from the plane, along with a 52-year-old Afghan and his escort from the Swedish Prison and Probation
Service.Social media reactions were largely supportive of her action, although some people are accusing her of grandstanding.
