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Pair facing deportation deadline Pair facing deportation deadline
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Two grown-up sons of a Swansea family granted a reprieve from deportation are expected to be flown home to Pakistan. A Pakistani father is trying to prevent his two adult sons from being forced to leave the country.
Christopher and Calvin George are scheduled to fly out of the country at 1415 GMT on Christmas Eve. Christopher and Calvin George are scheduled to fly out of the UK to Pakistan at 1415 GMT on Christmas Eve.
On Friday their parents, two sisters and younger brother were told they had been granted a judicial review of the deportation order against them. Their parents, sisters and younger brother won a temporary reprieve from deportation on Friday.
Their father met solicitors in London on Sunday. The Home Office said it cannot comment on specific cases. George William is appealing against his sons' deportation at the High Court in London. The Home Office said it cannot comment on specific cases.
The men are facing deportation over alleged visa irregularities even though they have been in the UK since 2004 and have up-to-date visas. Mr William, a volunteer in Swansea for Oxfam which has been supporting the family, also met solicitors in London on Sunday and said he was trying to stay positive.
Their father George William, a volunteer in Swansea for Oxfam which has been supporting the family, was travelling back to south Wales on Sunday night after meeting solicitors to try to stop the deportations. Speaking on his way to the High Court on Christmas Eve, he said: "I'm confident, you know, with the paperwork which we have done and which is the second step I'm taking in the judiciary review against the deportation and they're also appealing to take asylum directly inside the detention centre."
He said as far as they were aware his sons were still due to be deported on Monday.
'Persecution''Persecution'
The men are facing deportation over alleged visa irregularities even though they have been in the UK since 2004 and have up-to-date visas.
Bethan Jenkins, the regional assembly member for south west Wales, who has been supporting the family's case to stay in the UK said she thought Christopher and Calvin were still scheduled to fly out on the 1415 GMT Pakistan International Airlines flight.Bethan Jenkins, the regional assembly member for south west Wales, who has been supporting the family's case to stay in the UK said she thought Christopher and Calvin were still scheduled to fly out on the 1415 GMT Pakistan International Airlines flight.
She said she has faxed the airline in the hope they would refused to carry them. She said she has faxed the airline in the hope they would refuse to carry them.
The pair were taken to a detention centre in Cambridgeshire on Friday, as the rest of the family were released from a removal centre near Gatwick airport, where they were to have been deported to Pakistan on Sunday.The pair were taken to a detention centre in Cambridgeshire on Friday, as the rest of the family were released from a removal centre near Gatwick airport, where they were to have been deported to Pakistan on Sunday.
George William and his family fled Pakistan claiming they have faced harassment and persecution because of their Christian beliefs.George William and his family fled Pakistan claiming they have faced harassment and persecution because of their Christian beliefs.
They came to the UK in 2003.They came to the UK in 2003.
Pupils at Bishop Vaughan school held a protest on Friday The couple, their two daughters and youngest son have a case review
The family's claims for asylum have been rejected and on Wednesday immigration officers went to the family home in Swansea and took the family into detention.The family's claims for asylum have been rejected and on Wednesday immigration officers went to the family home in Swansea and took the family into detention.
Christopher and Calvin happened to be visiting at the time and were taken to holding cells at Swansea Prison. Christopher and Calvin - who use their father's first name as their surnames - happened to be visiting at the time and were taken to holding cells at Swansea Prison.
After a campaign by their friends, and with support from the children's class-mates, the High Court decided on Friday to look again at their claims that they faced persecution if returned to Pakistan.After a campaign by their friends, and with support from the children's class-mates, the High Court decided on Friday to look again at their claims that they faced persecution if returned to Pakistan.
A Border and Immigration Agency spokesman has said: "The UK Government is committed to providing protection for those individuals found to be genuinely in need, in accordance with our commitments under international law.A Border and Immigration Agency spokesman has said: "The UK Government is committed to providing protection for those individuals found to be genuinely in need, in accordance with our commitments under international law.
"However, in order to maintain the integrity of our asylum system and prevent unfounded applications it is important that we are able to enforce returns of those who do not need protection and who have no further claim to remain in the UK.""However, in order to maintain the integrity of our asylum system and prevent unfounded applications it is important that we are able to enforce returns of those who do not need protection and who have no further claim to remain in the UK."
"We would not seek to remove someone with an outstanding claim or appeal.""We would not seek to remove someone with an outstanding claim or appeal."