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Vigil as family face deportation | |
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Supporters of a Belfast-based Nigerian family facing deportation are to hold a vigil in a last-minute attempt to change the Home Office decision. | |
Comfort Adefowoju, who has four young children, is currently being held at a detention centre in England. | Comfort Adefowoju, who has four young children, is currently being held at a detention centre in England. |
They will be sent back to Nigeria later on Monday, she has been told. | |
Friends and supporters of Mrs Adefowoju are to gather at Belfast City Hall to urge the Home Office to reconsider and permit the family to return to Belfast. | Friends and supporters of Mrs Adefowoju are to gather at Belfast City Hall to urge the Home Office to reconsider and permit the family to return to Belfast. |
Mrs Adefowoju fled Nigeria with her children two years ago, saying she had been threatened by paramilitaries there. | Mrs Adefowoju fled Nigeria with her children two years ago, saying she had been threatened by paramilitaries there. |
She has already won two last-minute reprieves after a campaign was launched and local politicians intervened on her behalf. | She has already won two last-minute reprieves after a campaign was launched and local politicians intervened on her behalf. |
One of the campaign organisers, Fionola Meredith, said: "It makes no sense to us that the Home Office is pushing ahead with her removal when she has so much support in her Belfast community and compelling evidence from Nigeria." | One of the campaign organisers, Fionola Meredith, said: "It makes no sense to us that the Home Office is pushing ahead with her removal when she has so much support in her Belfast community and compelling evidence from Nigeria." |