"LET THEM STAY" CALL FOR FAILED ASYLUM FAMILY
Original Bristol 106.5FM
Wednesday, October 7th 2009 00:00
Friends of an Armenian family threatened with deportation are begging
the government to let them stay in the UK.
Anna Vardanyan, and her three children Marianna, 16, Gayana, 8,
and Norik, 12, came to Bristol seven years ago.
They have had their asylum applications turned down by the court system
and were detained in a dawn raid at their home in Bristol yesterday.
They are expected to be deported at the end of the week, and are
thought to be currently held at the Yarl’s Wood detention centre.
Family friend Paulette North, who teaches the two elder children
at the City Academy told Original 106.5 a group of campaigners will
launch a legal challenge to the Vardanyans’ deportation.
But the UK border and immigration agency said the Vardanyans had
been through the legal process and had failed in their attempts to
be granted asylum.
Jane Farleigh, from the UK Border Agency, said: "Where the courts
decide that people have no right to remain in the UK because they do
not need our protection, we would much rather that they accept this
and leave voluntarily.
"Sadly, some people refuse to leave and the only option remaining is
to remove them.
"We will only seek to remove those who are in the UK unlawfully when
all appeal rights to the courts are exhausted. We would not remove
anyone who has an application or appeal outstanding."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
