ࡱ> 5B6a @jbjbtt + @.......dl l l l x de  , RmF . ..   :. . BV.... .. gOl 5 0e   .dddddRt. Hon Jacqui Smith MP Secretary of State for the Home Office 3rd Floor, Peel Buildings 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF Fax: 020 7035 3262 Dear Home Secretary, Re: Constance Nzeneu and her son Andreas HO Ref N1106364 I have made myself familiar with this case. Constance Nzeneu is an asset to the Cardiff community where she has lived for 2 years and three months. Her son Andreas was born here. Andreas's father is German. He works in between Germany and the UK, and they have an ongoing relationship. In the years she has lived in Cardiff, Constance has actively participated in the community and has made many friends here. She is an active member of the Heath Evangelical Church and Refugee Voice Wales and she has volunteered for Displaced People In Action and Black African Women Stepping Out. All these organizations have valued her contribution highly. Constance's asylum claim has been rejected and she is now facing imminent removal to Cameroon, the country from which she fled. Constance left Cameroon because she was being forced into an arranged marriage that she did not want to engage in. Constance was living a happy life in Cameroon; she had completed her second degree in Law and was about to enroll for her PhD until the direction of her life was taken out of her hands. Her father had made an arrangement with his friend for Constance to marry him in exchange for a large amount of money. Constance was not consulted in this matter. The man she was being forced to marry was from a different tribe. He is a Muslim. Constance is a Christian. She would be his third wife. The condition on which Constance was to enter into this marriage was that she would undergo Female Genital Mutilation, which is widespread among Muslim communities in Cameroon. USA Report on Human Rights Practices: Cameroon 2006 Cameroon law does not prohibit female genital mutilation (FGM), Internal migration contributed to the spread of FGM to different parts of the country. The majority of FGM procedures were clitorectomies. The severest form of FGM, infibulation, was performed in the Kajifu region of the Southwest Province. FGM usually was practiced on infants and preadolescent girls. Public health centers in areas where FGM is frequently practiced counseled women about the harmful consequences of FGM; however, the government did not prosecute any persons charged with performing FGM. The Association of Women Against Violence continued to conduct a program in Maroua to assist victims of FGM and their families and to educate local populations. During the year breast ironing emerged as another form of violence against women, practiced in an effort to protect prematurely well-developed young girls from predatory older men. NGOs were leading public awareness campaigns to combat this practice. Constance refused to enter into this marriage and the matter was taken to court by the 'fianc.' Constance similarly refused to go to the court hearing because she knew, from her education in Law in Cameroon, that the outcome of the case would be in the man's favour. Constance then left her family where she had been living, a search warrant was issued and the police became involved. Her father also put an announcement out in a national newspaper offering a reward for anyone who returned her to the family because if the marriage didn't go ahead they would owe the 'fianc' the dowry money and be shamed within the community. If Constance is forced to return to Cameroon she faces an uncertain and unhappy future: there will be recriminations from the police, the court, the 'fianc' and her family, all because she refused to engage in the arranged marriage and the consequences of this marriage. Constance would like to be allowed to remain in Britain and become a European citizen in order to be able to work her way up in life and bring up her British born child in a Human Rights friendly environment. I ask you to reconsider your decision to remove Constance and Andreas. 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HYPERLINK "http://medilinkz.org/news/news2.asp?NewsID=16601" http://medilinkz.org/news/news2.asp?NewsID=16601""":#<#ҿ$h(h(0JCJOJQJmH sH )jh(h(CJOJQJUmH sH /jh(h(CJOJQJUmH sH )0P:p(/ =!"#$7%a @jbjbtt+&d``````t   0222222,hRF^`^0``l000 ``00t````000``0 0=Q & 0000000`    Rt. Hon Jacqui Smith MP Secretary of State for the Home Office 3rd Floor, Peel Buildings 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF Fax: 020 7035 3262 Dear Home Secretary, Re: Constance Nzeneu and her son Andreas HO Ref N1106364 I have made myself familiar with this case. Constance Nzeneu is an asset to the Cardiff community where she has lived for 2 years and three months. Her son Andreas was born here. Andreas's father is German. He works in between Germany and the UK, and they have an ongoing relationship. In the years she has lived in Cardiff, Constance has actively participated in the community and has made many friends here. She is an active member of the Heath Evangelical Church and Refugee Voice Wales and she has volunteered for Displaced People In Action and Black African Women Stepping Out. All these organizations have valued her contribution highly. Constance's asylum claim has been rejected and she is now facing imminent removal to Cameroon, the country from which she fled. Constance left Cameroon because she was being forced into an arranged marriage that she did not want to engage in. Constance was living a happy life in Cameroon; she had completed her second degree in Law and was about to enroll for her PhD until the direction of her life was taken out of her hands. Her father had made an arrangement with his friend for Constance to marry him in exchange for a large amount of money. Constance was not consulted in this matter. The man she was being forced to marry was from a different tribe. He is a Muslim. Constance is a Christian. She would be his third wife. The condition on which Constance was to enter into this marriage was that she would undergo Female Genital Mutilation, which is widespread among Muslim communities in Cameroon. USA Report on Human Rights Practices: Cameroon 2006 Cameroon law does not prohibit female genital mutilation (FGM), Internal migration contributed to the spread of FGM to different parts of the country. The majority of FGM procedures were clitorectomies. The severest form of FGM, infibulation, was performed in the Kajifu region of the Southwest Province. FGM usually was practiced on infants and preadolescent girls. Public health centers in areas where FGM is frequently practiced counseled women about the harmful consequences of FGM; however, the government did not prosecute any persons charged with performing FGM. The Association of Women Against Violence continued to conduct a program in Maroua to assist victims of FGM and their families and to educate local populations. During the year breast ironing emerged as another form of violence against women, practiced in an effort to protect prematurely well-developed young girls from predatory older men. NGOs were leading public awareness campaigns to combat this practice. Constance refused to enter into this marriage and the matter was taken to court by the 'fianc.' Constance similarly refused to go to the court hearing because she knew, from her education in Law in Cameroon, that the outcome of the case would be in the man's favour. Constance then left her family where she had been living, a search warrant was issued and the police became involved. Her father also put an announcement out in a national newspaper offering a reward for anyone who returned her to the family because if the marriage didn't go ahead they would owe the 'fianc' the dowry money and be shamed within the community. If Constance is forced to return to Cameroon she faces an uncertain and unhappy future: there will be recriminations from the police, the court, the 'fianc' and her family, all because she refused to engage in the arranged marriage and the consequences of this marriage. Constance would like to be allowed to remain in Britain and become a European citizen in order to be able to work her way up in life and bring up her British born child in a Human Rights friendly environment. I ask you to reconsider your decision to remove Constance and Andreas. 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