He was minutes away from being deported
A father who faced being booted out of the UK after bringing his severely injured niece into the country has been given a dramatic last-minute reprieve.
‘Then all of a sudden, I was told the plane ticket had been cancelled. It was only about 40 minutes before the plane was scheduled to go.‘I’m very happy now and feeling positive. But I just want to go home to my wife and kids.’Najat helped save the life of his baby niece after she fell on an open fire at a refugee camp in France.
There is the provision for them to consider ‘compelling circumstances’ but Najat was told neither his case nor his British family would help him stay. ‘It was very last minute and we have not been given a clear indication why the deportation was halted.Islamic State have destroyed much of northern Iraq He arrived in the UK the following year and was granted indefinite leave to remain after he married his British wife Emma.Until his detention, they lived together in Portsmouth with their three children aged six, 10 and 14.
He brought back his niece, nephew and their mother on false travel documents he had acquired from a smuggler in the camp.He had to report to the police station every day for 18 months until his case came to court.Najat admitted assisting unlawful immigration and spent 12 months in an open jail.
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