Nigeria

Isa Muazu has been deported

Published by on December 17, 2013 | 4 Responses
Isa Muazu has been deported

Isa Muazu is a Nigerian man who was seeking sanctuary in the UK. After refusing food for some weeks, he became very ill, but the Home Office refused to release him from detention. They tried to remove him, in a traumatic charter flight that was turned back by the Nigerian authorities. And then on 17 December he was deported on a mass deportation charter flight. Very sad to report that Isa and others were deported. It was good to hear that last minute legal action saved some, but, as Unity points out, this also highlights the injustice in the fast Read the full article…

Stop the deportation of Elizabeth from Leeds

Published by on September 4, 2013 | 3 Responses

Bukola Elizabeth Moses from Nigeria campaign via No Borders Leeds Yesterday, Elizabeth was horribly woken by 2 van loads of UKBA officers entering her home. They demanded that she and her 2 children get into the van. She has been taken to Cedars, the detention centre disgracefully run by the children’s charity Barnardo’s. Elizabeth has been here since 2007 and has started her new life here after fleeing her abusive ex-husband in Nigeria. She has a new partner and both her children (aged 5 and 3) were born here. They are doing very well at the local school and nursery Read the full article…

Roseline Akhalu

Published by on July 25, 2013 | 1 Response
Roseline Akhalu

26 July STOP PRESS: the Upper Immigration and Asylum Tribunal has REJECTED the Home Office appeal and so the Lower Tier Immigration Tribunal’s decision stands. Further details and a press release to follow soon. Rose’s Campaign Team Rose came to the UK in 2004 to study a Masters degree. After arriving, she was diagnosed with renal failure. A successful kidney transplant saved her, but she needs to take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of her life. Such drugs are prohibitively expensive in Nigeria and so, if deported, Rose could die within four weeks. In November 2012, the Immigration Tribunal agreed Read the full article…