19/03/2003
Bell calls for end to problem of paramilitary exiles
Alliance deputy leader, Eileen Bell is travelling to the House of Lords today to raise the issue of paramilitary exiles.
Mrs Bell says she hopes to help put an end to such problems given that following her mixed marriage she was forced to leave her Belfast home in the 1970's because of intimidation from paramilitaries.
She will meet Baroness Park of Monmouth in London along with representatives of a group which helps paramilitary exiles.
Mrs Bell said: "Thousands of people have been put out of Northern Ireland over the years.
"It is clear that too little has been done for the paramilitary victims who have ended up in unfamiliar surroundings, often at short notice."
Alliance leader David Ford added that he believed the governments would make the call for exiles to be allowed to return home when they publish their joint proposals on a way forward next month.
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Mrs Bell says she hopes to help put an end to such problems given that following her mixed marriage she was forced to leave her Belfast home in the 1970's because of intimidation from paramilitaries.
She will meet Baroness Park of Monmouth in London along with representatives of a group which helps paramilitary exiles.
Mrs Bell said: "Thousands of people have been put out of Northern Ireland over the years.
"It is clear that too little has been done for the paramilitary victims who have ended up in unfamiliar surroundings, often at short notice."
Alliance leader David Ford added that he believed the governments would make the call for exiles to be allowed to return home when they publish their joint proposals on a way forward next month.
(MB)
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