{"id":66409,"date":"2020-05-11T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/05\/11\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/"},"modified":"2020-05-11T07:00:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T07:00:21","slug":"british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"British Pakistanis angry about coronavirus repatriation effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k3zZ2Jr0Iwt8hRw27wS\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of British Pakistanis found themselves stuck in Pakistan as the coronavirus pandemic spread. They are disillusioned by their government&#8217;s attempt to get them home to Britain, which some see as racist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1076,1539],"tags":[27898,26419,726],"class_list":["post-66409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-british-pakistanis","tag-coronavirus-pandemic","tag-pakistan","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>British Pakistanis angry about coronavirus repatriation effort - GuardianTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"British Pakistanis angry about coronavirus repatriation effort - GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thousands of British Pakistanis found themselves stuck in Pakistan as the coronavirus pandemic spread. They are disillusioned by their government&#039;s attempt to get them home to Britain, which some see as racist.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-11T07:00:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/British-Pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\"},\"headline\":\"British Pakistanis angry about coronavirus repatriation effort\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-11T07:00:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":17,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/British-Pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"British Pakistanis\",\"Coronavirus pandemic\",\"Pakistan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/\",\"name\":\"British Pakistanis angry about coronavirus repatriation effort - GuardianTV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/British-Pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-11T07:00:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/British-Pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/British-Pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"British Pakistanis angry about coronavirus repatriation effort\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GuardianTV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\",\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/author\\\/abiodun\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"British Pakistanis angry about coronavirus repatriation effort - GuardianTV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"British Pakistanis angry about coronavirus repatriation effort - GuardianTV","og_description":"Thousands of British Pakistanis found themselves stuck in Pakistan as the coronavirus pandemic spread. They are disillusioned by their government's attempt to get them home to Britain, which some see as racist.","og_url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/","og_site_name":"GuardianTV","article_published_time":"2020-05-11T07:00:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/British-Pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abiodun Ogundairo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abiodun Ogundairo"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/"},"author":{"name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1"},"headline":"British Pakistanis angry about coronavirus repatriation effort","datePublished":"2020-05-11T07:00:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/"},"wordCount":17,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/British-Pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort.jpg","keywords":["British Pakistanis","Coronavirus pandemic","Pakistan"],"articleSection":["News","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/","name":"British Pakistanis angry about coronavirus repatriation effort - GuardianTV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/British-Pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort.jpg","datePublished":"2020-05-11T07:00:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/British-Pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/British-Pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/british-pakistanis-angry-about-coronavirus-repatriation-effort\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"British Pakistanis angry about coronavirus repatriation effort"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","name":"GuardianTV","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization","name":"GuardianTV","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","width":600,"height":96,"caption":"GuardianTV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1","name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/author\/abiodun\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}