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| I hate Manchester; deport me, Iranian man tells police | I hate Manchester; deport me, Iranian man tells police |
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| An Iranian man who walked into a police station and demanded to be deported has said he did so because he is “fed up” with living in Manchester. | |
| Arash Aria was arrested after telling officers he had been staying in the UK illegally for 10 years but he was later released when immigration checks found he did have permission to live in the country. | Arash Aria was arrested after telling officers he had been staying in the UK illegally for 10 years but he was later released when immigration checks found he did have permission to live in the country. |
| Greater Manchester police (GMP) described the episode as “strange”. | Greater Manchester police (GMP) described the episode as “strange”. |
| The 25-year-old told the Daily Telegraph: “The people of Manchester have not been welcoming. It’s words, violence, many things. | The 25-year-old told the Daily Telegraph: “The people of Manchester have not been welcoming. It’s words, violence, many things. |
| “I try to ignore people but I’m fed up now. I don’t get the respect I should here. People are not friendly here in Manchester. When they are rude to me, I don’t like it. | “I try to ignore people but I’m fed up now. I don’t get the respect I should here. People are not friendly here in Manchester. When they are rude to me, I don’t like it. |
| “Particularly in the last year it’s got really bad. I try to be friendly and polite. But they just laugh at me because I am foreign and look at me strangely.” | “Particularly in the last year it’s got really bad. I try to be friendly and polite. But they just laugh at me because I am foreign and look at me strangely.” |
| Aria, who said he is unemployed and on benefits after having worked as a waiter and barman, is hoping to renew his expired Iranian passport and return to Shiraz, in south-west Iran. | Aria, who said he is unemployed and on benefits after having worked as a waiter and barman, is hoping to renew his expired Iranian passport and return to Shiraz, in south-west Iran. |
| He added he wanted to “be somebody”. | He added he wanted to “be somebody”. |
| The incident was revealed in a series of tweets from GMP’s city centre account. | The incident was revealed in a series of tweets from GMP’s city centre account. |
| In an update later, officers tweeted: | In an update later, officers tweeted: |