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UK's 'Unjust and inhumane' immigration laws, kill again

National Coalition of Anti Deportation Campaigns - repost | 20.03.2007 17:16 | Anti-racism | Migration

In memory of Uddhav Bhandari born Nepal 1967 killed by the UK's
'Unjust and inhumane' immigration laws Glasgow 19th March 2007

Uddhav set himself on fire at his appeal hearing in the Asylum and
Immigration Tribunal Centre in Glasgow's Bothwell Street on Wednesday
7th March 2007. Despite the efforts of staff in the building who
doused the flames, Uddhav sustained severe burns to all of his body
and died on Monday the 19th March.


"This latest and most horrific act by a failed asylum seeker
highlights the human cost of the [UK's] system's bureaucratic delays,
complicated form-filling and legal hurdles." *Himalayan Times

Robina Qureshi, director of Positive Action in Housing, quoted in The
Independent, said, "Uddhav Bhandari spent six years trying to seek
refuge here and bring his wife and two kids over to this country.
Forbidden to find paid work, he worked as a volunteer helping to
recycle bicycles for disadvantaged families. Last night, he died
alone in hospital a few days after setting fire to himself in the
Immigration & Appeals tribunal Building in Glasgow. He was a victim
of an asylum policy that persecutes and tortures the victims of
persecution and torture.

Nepal is yet another country that has agreed peace between waring
factions within the country, yet the violence and human rights abuses
continue unabated.

Uddhav is the 31st person (that NCADC know of) seeking/refused asylum
in the UK to have died by their own hand in the UK since 2000.

47 asylum seekers/migrants in the UK, have taken their own lives
 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/resources/selfharm.html

*Desperation Led Bhandari to Set Himself on Fire in Glasgow
 http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullstory.asp?filename=6a9Ta6qa.9amal&folder=aHaoamW&Name=Home&dtSiteDate=20070317

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