Jenny Linnell has returned to the UK despite months of delays at the Egyptian boarder after her time as human rights volunteer observer for the International Solidarity Movement in the Gaza Strip.
She was having trouble returning home because Israel and Egypt wouldn’t let her cross the border, despite have all the correct documentation.
Her friends began an email, letter and phone campaign to put pressure on the authorities to allow her through the border controls.
Richard Taylor, a friend of Jenny’s in Totnes, said: “She’s back in the UK and we are all very relieved that she is safe and sound. She travelled overland after she received a call from the British consulate in Cairo telling her if she went straight to the border now she’d be able to go across.”
Jenny’s route home was via Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Turkey. She touched down in Heathrow on Satruday.
Liz Snook said: “A big thank you to every one who put pressure on the Foreign office, the Egyptian Embassy and MP and MEPs. It seems to have worked. I’m so pleased she’s back.”
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