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.

Monday 20 September 2010

Stop the Deportation of the Okpara Family

Mildred Okpara is a mother of three young children, originally from Nigeria and now living in Sheffield in the north of England. In 2005 Mildred had to flee Nigeria with her two children, then aged three years and 5 months, after her partner was abducted and murdered. She settled in Sheffield, applied for sanctuary as a refugee, and started to rebuild her life and bring up her children in a safe place. Over the past five years, Mildred has been very active in her community, volunteers with various local projects, and was given an award by City of Sanctuary in recognition of her services to the community. But the sanctuary she has found is in danger of being taken away. Mildred and her children urgently need your help.

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