Global wave to stop this deportation!
La Chola | 27.07.2010 19:20 | Anti-racism | Migration | Workers' Movements
A Bolivian widow and her two British raised children have had their application for residency rejected and are now being threatened with imminent deportation. Let's have a massive global wave of solidarity and stop this deportation! We are asking everyone to sign the petition and then resend this message to all your contacts in London, the rest of the UK and around the world.
We need as many signatures as possible, the family could be deported at any moment now, just as the girls are between coming to terms with the death of their father and starting Sixth Form. They have no family or home left in Bolivia and have not been back since coming to the UK - the girls can't even remember where they used to live!
Background info:
Thais and Jhoselin arrived in the UK with their mother Justina Grajeda and their father in 2002. Their father was tragically killed two years ago in a freak bicycle accident. The girls were 8 and 9 when they arrived and have not been back to Bolivia since. They are now Londoners in every way and have become disconnected with the customs and way of life in Bolivia.
Now aged 16 they are described as grade A students, they have places in Lewisham sixth forms and have ambitions to go on to University. Their mother Justina is active in Bolivia Solidarity Campaign and the girls are now becoming more involved as activists.
The decision to deport the family could not have come at a worse time for the girls - between coming to terms with the death of their father and embarking on their A Levels. Within the Latinoamerican community we have seen so many wonderful people snatched from their homes and workplaces by the UK Borders Agency, every deportation causes a collective trauma amongst our community. An injury to one is an injury to all, but also a victory to this one family will be a victory to all, so lets unite, fight and stop this deportation! Sign the petition:
http://www.gopetition.com/petition/37805.html
Background info:
Thais and Jhoselin arrived in the UK with their mother Justina Grajeda and their father in 2002. Their father was tragically killed two years ago in a freak bicycle accident. The girls were 8 and 9 when they arrived and have not been back to Bolivia since. They are now Londoners in every way and have become disconnected with the customs and way of life in Bolivia.
Now aged 16 they are described as grade A students, they have places in Lewisham sixth forms and have ambitions to go on to University. Their mother Justina is active in Bolivia Solidarity Campaign and the girls are now becoming more involved as activists.
The decision to deport the family could not have come at a worse time for the girls - between coming to terms with the death of their father and embarking on their A Levels. Within the Latinoamerican community we have seen so many wonderful people snatched from their homes and workplaces by the UK Borders Agency, every deportation causes a collective trauma amongst our community. An injury to one is an injury to all, but also a victory to this one family will be a victory to all, so lets unite, fight and stop this deportation! Sign the petition:
http://www.gopetition.com/petition/37805.html
La Chola
e-mail:
solidaritywins@hotmail.co.uk
Homepage:
http://www.gopetition.com/petition/37805.html