A previous attempt to deport Annociate to Burundi on 5th March failed as she was refused entry into Burundi by the authorities there and brought back to the UK.

Annociate is from the minority Tutsi ethnic group and was born in Bujumbura, the capital city. She says that various family members were killed by Hutus in 1993. Annociate says that in 2004 a number of armed men, who she believes to have been from the FNL (Forces nationals de liberation), a Hutu rebel group, shot and killed her parents at the family home. Annociate says that she and her siblings managed to escape from the house and fled to a refugee camp but she became separated from them and does not know their whereabouts. Annociate fled to the UK in 2005.

Annociate has been part of life in Sheffield as a member of St Marie's Cathedral Church, and the choir, Ephaphatha. She suffers from post traumatic stress after her experiences in Burundi, but has slowly been recovering with support from her counsellor and friends. She has gradually been able to get involved in the charity ASSIST, helping
destitute asylum seekers in Sheffield.

Please take urgent action now to help us get Annociate back to Sheffield where she belongs.

Background: There is a brand new on-line petition at  http://www.petitiononline.com/25092008/petition.html
Battle to halt charity worker's deportation
 http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Battle-to-halt-charity-worker39s.4504174.jp
Background:  http://www.ncadc.org.uk/Newszin98/Annociate.html

What you can do to Help:

1. Email/Fax/Phone Sam Okwulehie, Group Area Manager Kenya Airways asking him not to carry Annociate. Point out that The UK Home Office says it is up to the carrier, whether they carry deportees! You can use model letter AnnociateAirline.doc which you can copy/amend, or write your own. Include following details; Annociate Nimpagaritse is due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Wednesday 25th September on Kenya Airways flight KQ101 from Heathrow @ 20:00hrs to Nairobi and KQ470 onwards to Bujumbura, Burundi.

Let Kenya Airways know that it is not acceptable to call themselves 'the pride of Africa' and participate in the removal of people seeking sanctuary within the UK or anywhere in the world.

Fax:  020 8745 5027  - from outside the UK + 44 20 8745 5027

2. Fax the Rt Hon Liam Byrne, Minister for Immigration asking that Annociate is allowed to stay in the UK. You can use the attached Model letter "AnnociateMinister.doc" which you can copy/amend, or write own version (in which case, please remember to include Annociate Nimpagaritse's Home Office ref. no. N1111367)

Fax: 020 8760 3132(00 44 20 8760 3132 if you are faxing from outside UK)

Email:  Privateoffice.external@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk


Please notify the campaign of any faxes sent:
Friends of Annociate Nimpagaritse
Myra Davis /  mwd2020@talktalk.net
Graham Wroe /  gswroe@yahoo.co.uk / 077 5247 3190

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