Help keep the Okpara family safe in Sheffield! Their application for asylum has been poorly handled and consequently they have been issued deporation papers. If forced to return to Nigeria their lives will be at risk and they will not be safe. In Sheffield they are embedded in our community and the children are content and happy members of their school. Both community and school would be devastated if the family were deported. Hear and read Mildred Okpara's blog here.
Thank you to all those who joined the Rally on Saturday, 25th September outside Shefffield Town Hall.
On Saturday 25th September outside Sheffield Town Hall well over 150 Supporters gathered to demonstate their support for the Okpara Family. Placards, many made by school friends of the children threatened by deportation, read 'Keep The Okpara Family Safe in Sheffield' and 'Stop The Deportation Of The Okpara Family'. Amoung the speakers were St Catherine's Primary School Headteacher, Local Councillors Ben Curran and Ibrar Hussain, as well as parents and children form the school which the children have attended since their arrival in 2005. Councillor Paul Scriven Leader of Sheffield City Council, and a supporter of the camapign, was unable to attend to speak due to illness. Hundreds of people rallied in support of the demonstrators and signed the petition that will be taken to the UK Border Agency in support of the Family's request to remain.
No comments:
Post a Comment