Pereira

American

[puh-rair-uh, pe-rey-rah] / pəˈrɛər ə, pɛˈreɪ rɑ /

noun

Irene Rice, 1907–71, U.S. artist.
a city in W Colombia.

Pereira British

/ peˈrɛira /

noun

a town in W central Colombia: cattle trading and coffee processing. Pop: 656 000 (2005 est)

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Brazilian national Julian Valente Pereira, 32, staged the protest at Thames House in Millbank on 1 January, a day after his final appeal for asylum was dismissed.

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Pereira is then seen moving the object, propping it up against the MI5 HQ doors, with a green cigarette lighter positioned nearby.

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The incident happened the day after Pereira's final appeal for asylum had been dismissed by a judge and he faced removal from the UK.

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Pereira came to the UK with permission to work in July 2018 and has remained in the country illegally since February 2019.

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When giving evidence, Pereira insisted the device he left outside MI5 would not have been mistaken for an explosive, but added: "The news inside was dynamite."

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