OF mu wouldn't be allowed to stay.
Afia's father and uncle are settled here, and her mother None of this has this was Collic. taken into account by the Home Office. in their haste to reinterpret ules in the harshest possi DIe way.
The personal quences for Afia are dire, condemning solitary future. Now Afia ano daughter have been forced into hiding for tected by a group of Asian LWU proI'VE NO DOUBT THAT SOME OF YOU LEFTIST CRANKS OUT THERE REGARD THE WHOLE THING AS JUST ONE MORE ENCROACHMENT ON CIVIL LIBERTIES. IN JANUARY 1982 Afia Begum was granted an entry certificate to join her husband in Britain. In March he was killed in a fire which swept his Brick Lane tenement. Afia and her baby daughter Asma were allowed in to clear up his affairs but told that as her circumstances had changed she and her daughter women known as the Sari Squad.
Countless representations have OCCI made on her behalf, but the Home Office have shown nothing but a shameful insensitiviAfia's case is not unique. The current immigraTION substance and in execuGreat obstacles are put in the way of ethnic minority citizens who want to visit Britain, let alone those. wine with their families already • here.
Families are split, and black women in particular I, are likely to experience humiliation suffer long-term disruption their lives. In many cases, the people concerned have no rights under the law.
They have to rely on compassionate treatment which is rarely forthcoming.
Centre
The Entry Clearance (Change stances) Bill aims to tackle just one small injustice by giving back women like Afia their rights by enabl death spouse parent.
The Bill will act as a campaigning tool.
Sari Squad has just opened a centre in Brick Lane, and plan to tour building support for Afia.
HOWEVER, WOULD PREFER TO REGARD IT AS A GENTLE HINT TO THAT MOST «POLITICALLY CONSCIOUS" SECTION OF THE BRITISH ARMY- THE ULSTER DEFENCE REGIMENT!
If necessary her case will be taken to the European Court of Human Rights. • Harry Cohen is the the Entry which was passed for first reading on Wednesday 8 March.
BY IT IS, I LIKE TO THINK, AN AMIABLE REMINDER THAT THEY SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE DISCREET WHEN MURDERING INNOCENT WHO HAPPEN TO BE ROMAN CATHOLICS...