Coventry Telegraph: Fairtrade Palestinian Farmers Heading for Coventry Denied UK Entry
Zaytoun on April 4th, 2010Farmers travelling from Palestine to address a Coventry Fairtrade event have been barred from entering Britain.
The three olive farmers who were set to speak at Coventry’s Herbert Art Gallery today have been denied visas by the UK Border Agency.
The farmers were due to speak at a series of events during the annual Fairtrade Fortnight, exactly a year after becoming the first olive oil producers in the world to be awarded Fairtrade status.
But the UK Border Agency has refused visas for Lina Mahmoud, Belal Eid and Nahed Besharieh.
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