More than 200 ads were replaced with the signs on the Piccadilly, Victoria and Central lines as part of the campaign by queer activist group Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants (LGSMigrants) on Tuesday to mark International Migrants Day.

“Often when we are confronted with situations where we see vulnerable people falling victim to an abusive system we feel powerless to help,” Sam Björn from the group said. “We want to change that. We aim to build a movement to resist this brutal, racist practice of secretive deportations and the hostile environment as a whole.

“We hope to empower everyone to take a stand and refuse to sit in silence.”

Recent months have seen a number of incidents on commercial airlines where passengers have rebelled against deportations being carried out.

In July, Swedish student Elin Ersson single-handedly stopped the deportation of an Afghan man on a flight from Gothenburg to Istanbul by refusing to sit down when ordered to do so by the pilot and airline crew. Read more via the Independent