Man who jumped from Thatcher's asylum ship slams government's inhumane new plan
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mirror.co.ukIn October 1987, Siva, a 20-year-old Tamil refugee from Sri Lanka, stood staring through a hole in the hull of the Earl William passenger ferry, moored just off Harwich in Essex.
Conditions on board the ship, used by Margaret Thatcher’s government to detain 120 asylum seekers, including 60 Tamils, were deteriorating rapidly.
Many were on hunger strike, and the ship was pitching and tossing. Detainees were not allowed on deck because of the suicide risk.
A banner, hung over the side of the ship, read: “British people! Don’t let us die!” “The cabin was claustrophobic and tiny,” Siva, now 53, says. “It was like a tight little tin with no windows. "We felt seasick all the time.
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