| Around the Campaigns Friday 25th January 2008 |
Around the Campaigns Friday 25th January 2008 Helen Laolu-Balogun and children, still here Helen and her kids didn't fly on Monday due to intervention by her MP Linda Gilroy. A massive groundswell of support for the family to remain in the UK has been building up in Plymouth, their home town. Helen has now gone on hunger strike at Yarl's Wood Removal Centre. Honorine Nzessie Tchoua and children, still here "The family did not fly as expected, they were taken from their room prior to the flight time and the guards were later instructed that their flight was cancelled.They were taken back to detention.They are still in detention and seeking help to be released. We still don't have an idea on the husband whereabout. The family does not know where he is either. I think that the campaign must still go ahead to press for their immediate release." Comfort Adefowoju - Still here, fourth attempt failed owing to HO incompetence Friends, human rights activists and concerned citizens braved torrential rain in Belfast last Monday in a last ditch attempt to prevent the deportation of Comfort Adefowoju, a Nigerian asylum seeker, and her young family. Comfort, who was due to be removed last Monday by Virgin Nigeria, has lived in South Belfast since 2006. Her eight month old daughter, Sarah, was born here. The family have been in Yarl's Wood Removal Centre for the past seven weeks. In a second protest to protect the family, speakers from all across the political spectrum came out in support of the campaign to release them from detention and return them to their Belfast community. Speakers from her campaign, as well as Sinn Fein, the Alliance party and Mountpottinger Presbyterian Church called on the Home Office to reconsider their verdict, as well as speaking out about the plight of many asylum seekers seeking refuge in 'Fortress Europe'. Comfort has successfully withstood four removal attempts and remains in Yarl's Wood. From: Caitlín Nicíomhair <somethingmustgrow@hotmail.com> http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/newszine89/Comfort.html Sukula Family Anti-Deportation Campaign |