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Asylum woman wants review

08-Jul-2008
Story Timeline:  149 days

Supporters of a pregnant woman due to be removed to Nigeria with her partner and 18-month-old daughter say she hopes for a judicial review of the decision. The Home Office has booked Kemi Ayinde, 24, on a Tuesday flight from Gatwick. She was living in Cardiff when she lost her asylum claim, and a councillor called her removal disgusting. But the UK Border Agency has said the government will be "robust" about removing people if their claim for asylum proved unfounded. Cardiff council has written to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith urging her to rethink the family's removal. Ms Ayinde has said she was brought to the UK in 2001 and claimed she was made to work as a prostitute in London to pay her traffickers, but said she escaped four years ago. Kemi and her family are feeling very depressed and it is disgusting that a woman who is... [read full story]                    

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