- Target:
- UK Government and UK Border Agency
- Region:
- United Kingdom
William (Will) James is 20 years old and was airlifted out of Sierra Leone’s warzone to the UK as a 7 year old with his British guardians Mr Willie and Mrs Gladys Rosenior. He has lived as a well-loved and valued member of the Rosenior family in London for the last 13 years.
However, his application for indefinite leave has been refused and the Border Agency now want to deport him. They want him to return to Sierra Leone – a country he knows very little about, where he has no known family and to a life completely foreign to him.
They claim he has no family life here in the UK. This is far from the truth. His appeal against this harsh judgment is on May 4th 2010 and the Rosenior family ask for your support by signing this petition.
Update on ‘Will Must Stay’ Campaign and the outcome of the hearing on 4th May 2010.
On 4th May 2010 the Home Office officially withdrew their application because they could not ‘sustain’ their action and will submit a new decision. The issue now, is whether Will is granted immediate indefinite leave to remain in the UK or, on condition of good behaviour, he is granted stay for 2 years followed by indefinite leave to remain. We must keep up the momentum in pressing the Home Office for the right decision. Whilst we have won the ‘sea battle’ we still need to win the ‘land battle’, so in light of this, we will continue with the petitions.
We will be in touch again, hopefully with more good news and thank you all for your support.
The Rosenior Family.
We, the undersigned, are concerned family, friends and citizens who urge the Home Office to act now to prevent the unjust deportation of William James.
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The Petition to save William James from deportation petition to UK Government and UK Border Agency was written by Lorna_Rosenior and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.