Campaigners for the release of young Afghani orphan Mashal Jabari were delighted to hear that following a judicial review being lodged the judge agreed the following interim measures: until another full age assessment is completed, Mashal is to be considered 14 years of age and placed with a foster family in Wales where he has some support.
After being [...]
A recent photo of Mashal Jabari (right) with his 16 year old brother Zaki.
A 14 year old orphan has been arrested & detained in Campsfield Immigration Removal centre near Oxford, which exclusively holds adult males, and is due to be deported because the authorities claim not to believe he is under 18. His older brother has [...]
The Guardian newspaper in its online edition, carries a report by Diane Taylor and Hugh Muir highlighting the shocking allegations of a former caseworker, at the UKBA office in Cardiff. The former UKBA employee, Louise Perrett, claimed that asylum seekers were mistreated, tricked and humiliated by staff working for the UK Border Agency. Ms Perrett reveals how
staff [...]
By JO STEELE – Monday, November 16, 2009 www.metro.co.uk
A boy of six who was born in Britain faces being sent to a war-ravaged part of Africa because his parents split up.
Adrian Atkinson’s mother, Anna, has been ordered to go to the Congo Republic within the next nine days.
The decision, based on Ms Atkinson’s divorce from [...]
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