Just what I thought would happen.

Elin Ersson, who refused to take her plane seat to stop a deportation, is now a household name and is being celebrated throughout the world. The Afghan who was being deported *Ismail Khawari* has already been forgotten and was deported the very next day https://t.co/3JMMFZCeDu

— millions of dead white poets society (@brwnrage) July 28, 2018

Ms Ersson did a brave thing, but it was a moment of ineffectual drama. Did she honestly believe she saved the man from deportation? She only delayed the deportation. Maybe the publicity will make people more compassionate, but I’m not confident of that.