Supporters
of Hassanat Aliyu and her three daughters Teniola, Adunola and Shaniola, take
up Theresa May’s call to ‘speak out, stand up against violence against women
and girls’ by gathering on International Women’s Day to demand that the imminent
deportation of these four women is stopped.
On Friday 9th September Tyneside Community Action against
Racism (TCAR) and supporters of Hassanat held a demonstration at Grey’s
Monument, Newcastle. Despite it being International Women’s Day the family are
being held in Cedars immigration prison against their will and the Home Office
intends to deport them this Saturday 9th March.
Home Secretary Theresa May today spoke in favour of International
Women’s Day:
"I'm very pleased to be recognising International Women’s Day, a day that celebrates
the achievements of women across the world. But as we celebrate women's
achievements, we must also think of the problems that women sadly face all too
often in the UK and in other countries across the world... Government will do
its bit but I want you all to do your bit too. So speak out, stand up against
violence against women and girls and that's the way we can eradicate it."
This statement flies in the face of what the Home Office and Theresa
May are doing to Hassanat and her girls. They were snatched in a dawn raid at
7am on Wednesday 9th March and locked in a detention centre, despite
the government’s commitments to end child detention, and they are to be
deported to Nigeria where the sisters Teniola 7 and half, Adunola 5 and
Shaniola 3 years old, are under serious threat of Female Genital Cutting, again
something the government has made big claims on tackling. Hassanat fled this
situation in 2006 with Teniola who was one years old at the time, and has spent
the last 6 and half years living in Britain building a life for her family, Adunola
and Shaniola were born here.
We urge Theresa May to ‘speak out, stand up against violence against
women and girls’ and stop the deportation and give the family the right to
remain in Britain.
Contact
Theresa May to urge her to use her powers as Home Secretary to stop the
deportation (make sure to quote Hassanat’s Home Office Reference Number:
A1432864/5):
Constituency phone number: 0118 934 5433
Twitter: @ukhomeoffice
Email: 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
Fax: 0207
0354745
Contact
Virgin Atlantic and Tweet @richardbranson to urge them not to take the family on
flight VS651, Saturday 9th March, 10pm
Virgin Headquarters: 0844 8110 000
Online form: http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/gb/en/travel-information/customer-service/feedback-good-bad.html
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