UK MP Galloway deported from Egypt

Cairo, 08 Jan-(ANA)-British member of parliament George Galloway of the independent Respect party has been deported from Egypt.

The Bow and Bethnal Green MP was reportedly trying to return to Gaza to help members of a humanitarian convoy who had been arrested.

A convoy spokeswoman said he had arrived at the Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt when he was driven off by police.

Mr Galloway spent the night in a cell in Egypt in 2006 after attending an anti-war event. (ANA)

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