[g8-sheffield] please write and circulate

[Steve Cohen]

PROTEST  THE  MISTREATMENT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS.   STOP THE EVICTION AND DESTITUTION OF THE KHANALI  FAMILY.  WRITE A LETTER TO THE COURT TODAY

 

  a.. The racism of immigration controls operates in many different ways. One way  is to take asylum seekers out of the welfare state and make them dependant on a new poor law where they are  involuntarily dispersed throughout the country and supported at 70% of income support level. The whole scheme is run by a Home Office body - the National Asylum Support Service (NASS)
  b.. The latest way controls operate is through section 9 of the 2004 Immigration and Asylum Act. This allows NASS to order the eviction onto the streets of failed asylum seekers with children who persist in pursuing their case and refuse to return to the country from which they fled
  c.. The Khanali family , now living in Bury, are  in this situation. The family fled from Iran where they were under threat from the religious security forces. The Home Office refused their application - just like they refuse most applications.
  d.. Now NASS want to evict the family onto the streets - one consequence being that Bury council will take the children into care thus splitting the family
  e.. There is now one final appeal against  NASS . This will be heard next Tuesday ( August 23rd) miles away in Croydon (so far that the family can't get there). We are asking all supporters to write to the court making the following points 
 

a)     There has already been one appeal  which the family won! This was only a few days ago. The judge said NASS should reconsider. They have clearly not reconsidered  properly, are vindictive and are abusing court procedure

b)     The family has acute illness issues. Zoreh ( mother) has long term depression made worse by fear of homelessness. Vahid, (father), has severe back and heart problems. The child Mobina is 7 months old.  Our position is that no family, no one, should be treated in this way. For this  family it is cruelty.

c)     At the previous hearing the Home Office denied receiving  any letters of support  for the family. However the local church was able to provide a letter of acknowledgement from the Home Office! Our position is that the Home Office and NASS are treating the Khanalis with disdain.

d)     This case offends what  ordinary people would call a breach of human rights.

 

PLEASR WRITE IMMEDIATELY TO   The Adjudicator (in the Khanali case), Christopher Wren House, 113 High Street, Croydon, CR0 1QG

     Quote  NASS ref number  03/10/022855 and  appeal ref  ASA/05/08/9824 

 

      Circulate this leaflet as quickly and widely as possible!

 

Come to the public meeting  against section 9 on September 3rd at the Friends Meeting House, Manchester City Centre, 2pm-4pm 

 

Join the Khanalis on the national demonstration against deportation in Bolton on October 1st . Assemble 12 noon at Lever Edge Lane CP School, Bolton BL3 3HP

 

Leaflet issued by Khanalis lawyers - Bury Law Centre
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