Hassanat's second asylum
claim has been rejected today, and she is due to be deported this Friday -1st
February - (Home Office ref: A1432864/5).
She fled Nigeria
in 2006 with her one year old daughter, who was threatened with Female Genital Cutting (FGC). She was trafficked to Britain
and has been living here for 6 and a half years, and is currently living in Newcastle. She now has
three young daughters who have grown up here and become part of the community.
Despite coming here seeking safety, the British government now wants to deport
Hassanat and her daughters back to Nigeria
where they have no family and friends and will still be under threat of FGM and
the ongoing problems and conflict in Nigeria.
For more
information see: http://tcarblog.blogspot.co.uk/p/stop-deportation-of-hassanat.html
The UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) and
other agencies of the United Nations have stated that refugee and asylum status
should be granted to women and girls fleeing their country to escape genital cutting. The actions of the British government are directly contradicting
this. The British government committed
to opt into the EU’s directive on human trafficking in July 2011. The directive
is focused on 'prevention and combating trafficking in human beings and
protecting its victims'. Their attempts to deport Hassanat and her children
prove this to be a lie. We must force them to live up to their fine words on
human trafficking, and comply with the UNHCR's statement on FGC.
What you
can do
1. Contact the airline - British Airways
2. Contact the Home Secretary
3. Contact your MP/Hassanat's local MP/Other MPs
1. Contact the airline - British Airways
2. Contact the Home Secretary
3. Contact your MP/Hassanat's local MP/Other MPs
4. Spread
this email and information as widely as possible
1. Contact
British Airways and
ask them not to carry Hassanat Omeneke Aliyu (Home Office ref: A1432864/5) and
her children against their will. .
The flight details are flight BA75 (to Lagos, Nigeria) at 10.30am on 1st February 2013.
You can phone, fax or email:
The flight details are flight BA75 (to Lagos, Nigeria) at 10.30am on 1st February 2013.
You can phone, fax or email:
Telephone:
0844 493 0787
Fax: 01787883195
Web form: https://www.britishairways.com/travel/custrelform/public/en_gb
Fax: 01787883195
Web form: https://www.britishairways.com/travel/custrelform/public/en_gb
2. Write to
the Home Secretary
You can fax or
email. A template is attached and pasted at the end of this email - state your
own organisation or name or write on behalf of TCAR.
Include: 'In light of the risk of harm Hassanat Omeneke Aliyu and her children face in Nigeria, and the settled life they have made in the UK over the last 6 years , I urge you to use your powers as Home Secretary to cancel Hassanat's removal directions and grant her leave to remain.'
Include: 'In light of the risk of harm Hassanat Omeneke Aliyu and her children face in Nigeria, and the settled life they have made in the UK over the last 6 years , I urge you to use your powers as Home Secretary to cancel Hassanat's removal directions and grant her leave to remain.'
The
email addresses to use are:
mayt@parliament.uk
UKBApublicenquiries@UKBA.gsi. gov.uk
CITTO@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Privateoffice.external@ homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
pscorrespondence@cabinet- office.gsi.gov.uk
UKBApublicenquiries@UKBA.gsi. gov.uk
CITTO@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Privateoffice.external@ homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
pscorrespondence@cabinet- office.gsi.gov.uk
The fax number
is: 0207 0354745 (when faxing from outside the UK, use 00 44 2070354745).
3. Email your MP, or other MP's
We need to
raise Hassanat's case with as many MP's as possible - especially those who have
spoken out against trafficking and FGM or in support of refugees. The attached
letter can be adapted for an email to any/all of the details below:
Mark Harper MP,
minister of state for immigration and chair of the Inter-Departmental
Ministerial Group (IDMG)
Tel: 01452 371630 / Fax:
0845 0090109
Email: fod@ gloucestershireconservatives. com
/ mark.harper.mp@parliament.uk
Email: fod@
Nick Brown MP, Labour Party, Newcastle upon Tyne
East
Tel: 0191 261
1408/Fax: 0191 261 1409 - E-mail: nickbrownmp@parliament.uk
Chi Onwurah
MP, Labour Party, Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Tel: 0191 232 5838 - Email: chi.onwurah.mp@parliament.uk
Catherine McKinnell MP,
Labour Party, Newcastle upon Tyne North
Tel: 0191
229 0352 - Email: catherine.mckinnell.mp@ parliament.uk
John
McDonnell MP, Labour Party, Hayes and Harlington - has supported
anti-deportation campaigns
Tel: 020 8569 0010/Fax:
020 8569 0109 - Email: mcdonnellj@parliament.uk
All these
MP's signed a statement opposing FGM in Oct 2012:
Jeremy
Browne MP (Minister of State for Crime Prevention, Home Office)
Tel: 01823
337874 - Email: brownej@parliament.uk
Helen Grant
MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Victims and the
Courts, Ministry of Justice)
Tel:
02072197107 - Email: helen.grant.mp@parliament.uk
Anna Soubry
MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health)
Tel: 0115
9436507 - Email: anna.soubry.mp@parliament.uk
Edward
Timpson MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Children and Families))
Tel: 020 7219
8027 - Email: timpsone@parliament.uk
Template Letter/email
Dear [MP/Home Secretary
etc],
I am writing to ask for
your help in stopping the deportation of Hassanat Omeneke Aliyu (Home Office
ref: A1432864/5) and her three young daughters who are 7 and a half years old,
5 years old and 3 years old.
Action needs to be
taken urgently: the Home Office have refused her second asylum claim and intend
to deport the family to Nigeria
this Friday 1st February. We need your support in building the
campaign to stop her deportation. Please take up the case by
formally supporting the campaign and raising it with the Home Secretary and
UKBA.
Hassanat fled Nigeria
in 2006 with her one year old daughter, who was threatened with Female Genital Cutting (FGC). They were trafficked to Britain
and have been living here for 6 and a half years, and are currently living in Newcastle.
Hassanat now has three young daughters who have grown up in Britain and become
part of the community, all currently attending Byker primary school.
The British government
committed to opt into the EU’s directive on human trafficking in July 2011. The
directive is focused on 'prevention and combating trafficking in human beings
and protecting its victims'.
The Labour party has
consistently spoken out against trafficking, with Shadow farming Minister Huw Irranca-Davies MP
stating in October: 'There is no place for human trafficking in any part of our
economy.' Action is needed to back up these words.
Despite the Coalition government’s promise to tackle human trafficking and their commitment to better protect the victims, realising that in many instances those who are exploited never fully recover from their traumatic experience, the Home Office claims Hassanat to be a liar and is in effect punishing Hassanat, a victim of human trafficking, and her children, forcing them to endure even more traumatic experiences.
Her daughters have grown up here, two of them were born here, uprooting them from this will undoubtedly cause stress and psychological damage and if they are deported then all of her daughters will be under serious threat of FGC. The UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) and other agencies of the United Nations have stated that refugee and asylum status should be granted to women and girls fleeing their country to escape genital cutting. The actions of the British government are directly contradicting this.
The government has some very fine words to say about protecting
victims. We only ask that they put these words into practice and give Hassanat
and her daughters indefinite leave to remain in Britain.
We would greatly appreciate your help in this
matter and urgently request a response.
Kind regards
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