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A disabled man who has lived in the UK for 38 years has been threatened with removal from the UK by the Home Office.

Anthony Olubunmi George, 61, came to the UK at the age of 24 in 1986 from Nigeria. He has not left the UK since and has no criminal convictions. In 2019, he had two strokes, which left him with problems with speech and mobility.

The Guardian also reported on the case of Nelson Shardey, 74, a newsagent from Merseyside who has lived in the UK since 1977 and was refused indefinite leave to remain by the Home Office despite being in the country for most of his adult life.
When George arrived, Margaret Thatcher was prime minister and Rishi Sunak is the ninth to hold office since George has lived in the UK. He has endured many periods of homelessness and says he has lost count of the number of friends who have given him shelter over the years. He says he no longer has any close family in Nigeria.

George has made various applications for leave to remain in the UK, which the Home Office has rejected, most recently on 7 May.

In 2005, his previous solicitors submitted a forged entry stamp in his port and have subsequently been reported to the police and the legal regulatory bodies.

George told the Guardian he knew nothing about the port stamp until many years later. His current lawyer, Naga Kandiah of MTC Solicitors, cited his poor previous legal representation as the reason for George’s problems. In his most recent refusal, Home Office officials said: “Unfortunately this is not something that is considered an exceptional circumstance.”

Kandiah has lodged an appeal against the latest refusal.

A previous Home Office rejection of his case states: “It’s open to your family and friends to visit you in Nigeria.”

George said: “I don’t know how many different sofas I’ve slept on – too many to count. I don’t have my life, living the way I’m living now. My health problems since I had my stroke are my biggest worry. All I’m asking for is some kindness from the Home Office.”

Kandiah said: “My client has been living in limbo for 38 years, with no family, has suffered two strokes and has no family left in Nigeria. His situation is not just because of Home Office policies but also because of poor representation by previous solicitors who failed to uphold professional integrity and ethical standards.”

A Home Office spokesperson said: “Applications have to be considered on their individual merits in accordance with the immigration rules with the responsibility on applicants to demonstrate they meet these rules.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/19/home-office-in-threat-to-deport-disabled-man-to-nigeria-after-38-years-in-uk

He should remain there Oh. He rejected Nigeria when he was a young man now he is old he can not be accepted

Few days back we read about a Ghanaian, today it is a Nigerian At 61?
Damn!!!!!

PEACE2023:
He should remain there Oh. He rejected Nigeria when he was a young man now he is old he can not be accepted

He should be deported ASAP. The law is no respecter of persons.

PEACE2023:
He should remain there Oh. He rejected Nigeria when he was a young man now he is old he can not be accepted

He is still a Nigerian

ganisucks:

He should be deported ASAP. The law is no respecter of persons.

calm down...lol

Abeg make dem keep am there. A man that came to your country at the age of 24 and after you have milked all of his existence you now want to send him to us as a vegetable.

Una no well

Many people are still like that in UK
God help them

And so?

One country i detest the most.

Ff

38 years in that place.
Wooow!
The man try.
I can't spend a year in the United Kingdom.
I hate that place.
Let's not decieve ourselves, Lagos is where life is a party..if you get money. Eko dun abegi 😗

Nigerans have eyes but can't see.

Canada is best

scary

.

Despite his condition

Where is not yours is not yours.....the owners know so, the settlers know so (but chose to massage their own ego).
They can decide at anytime to make a law that will see you out of their country whenever they feel like, if they can do it to fellow Europeans, then it could be done to Africans.

May God Almighty help him find a suitable abode

UK and deportation, 5 and 6!

Imagine. Ajo ko dabi ile....ing sound sultan song. Denial of citizenship, green card and deportation shouldn't be a word used in Nigerian citizens in any part of the world. But when you have controversial leaders, with mind riddled with corruption and crime at the helms, don't expect other countries to treat our citizens well. Its an insult.

Over 170 Nigerians were deported from last year alone with loads of asylum seekers in Canada awaiting deportation when they didn't commit any crime. This is to every diaspora Nigerian, that place isn't your home. Don't dull yourself. As you're in that place, try and invest home cos of old age or aby eventuality. Have properties, invest in shares here. Do not spend everything on frivolities. They've been there before you came and will remain there after you're gone. Live as if something could threaten your status tomorrow. Even your citizenship has some conditions attached.

To all the Google finders and searchers, please look for where a south African, morrocan, libyan, angolan, or Beninnese at our back yard had been threatened with deportation without committing any crime before ,.oya I'm waiting

SSpeter:


https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/19/home-office-in-threat-to-deport-disabled-man-to-nigeria-after-38-years-in-uk

how ppl take Dey stay abroad this long.i no fit o.i haven’t even been out of Nigeria for more than 2yrs at a stretch.God forbid.i see it as secondary stage of slavery.

ganisucks:

He should be deported ASAP. The law is no respecter of persons.

You’re crazy.. he won’t be deported!

He came to the UK in 1986 and has not visited Nigeria in 38 years
This man is Just a wasted Japa

This guy went to the UK in 1986 and for 38years he was rigmarolling and did not bother to organise his life and get proper accommodation.

Why would a normal person prefer to be squatting and 'crashing' on friend's sofas for 38years?!

I really can't say I blame the UK government if they decide to deport him

So called Nigerians when they are young call Nigeria a zoo! When they now grow old and weak they now they are Nigerian.

Make UK Home office dey calm down small small.

Ẹni ba sọ ilé nù, ó so àpò ìyà kọ́.

SSpeter:


https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/19/home-office-in-threat-to-deport-disabled-man-to-nigeria-after-38-years-in-uk

"The Guardian also reported on the case of Nelson Shardey, 74, a newsagent from Merseyside who has lived in the UK since 1977 and was refused indefinite leave to remain by the Home Office despite being in the country for most of his adult life."

A Home Office spokesperson said: “Applications have to be considered on their individual merits in accordance with the immigration rules with the responsibility on applicants to demonstrate they meet these rules.”


There're many of these UK Home Office cases.

Folks have to learn to think ahead by getting financial education and get their lives put together. One MAJOR health issue such as the debilitating stroke or cancer can send your finances spinning out of control. Most of all, never ignore interactions with your closest family .

Let him return to Lagos. Another uk of the Ronu republic