Forwarded from UNITY CENTRE……….
Several of the people detained in Glasgow over the last few weeks have had their removal directions stopped.
The Hazizi family had their removal flight on Thursday last week stopped after their lawyer lodged a Judicial Review of the decision to remove them. Merita (22) and mum Diana and dad Naim are still in Dungavel after attempts to move them to a detention centre near London was stopped on medical grounds.
Today their lawyer lodged an application for bail and the Dean of their local church is going to stand as a ‘cautioner’ (”surety”) for them. We hope they’ll be released at a bail hearing on Thursday and will be back home in Glasgow then.
Rahila Choudary and her family of four children are still in Yarls Wood detention centre - their lawyer has lodged an application for bail and two sureties have been found who are willing to go to the bail hearing but this might not happen until next week. We’re waiting to see if the Home Office will release them earlier because the children have now been in detention for almost one month now.
Charles Atangana was due to be removed back to Cameroon yesterday evening but swift action by his lawyer managed to stop the flight. We’re waiting to see if he will be released without needing bail.
Dorcaf Kimani and her 14 month old son Dean (detained in Birmingham but held in Dungavel) were due to be returned to Kenya last week but had the flight stopped because they hadn’t had adequate anti-malarial treatment.
Finally Kishwer Ashed and her children has just, today, been given Leave to Remain in the UK for the next three years…. Amazing!
