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The deportation of a pregnant woman from Nigeria along with her partner and 18-month-old daughter has been halted, supporters have said. The Home Office had booked Kemi Ayinde, 24, on a Tuesday flight from Gatwick, but her ticket was cancelled. She was living in Cardiff when she lost her asylum claim. The UK Border Agency said the government would 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 pregnant and ill is being deported. Cardiff... [read full story]
