Unity Centre Glasgow

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22 year old Siyasinga Meyi and her baby daughter Inga were detained on Monday 11^th February 2008 when they went to report at the Home Office in Glasgow. They have issued directions for Siyasinga and Inga to be forcibly removed from the UK on Saturday 16^th February.

Inga was born in the UK when Siyasinga was here on a work visa from South Africa. After her birth, Siyasinga sent Inga back to South Africa to live with her parents as she was on her own and had no family in the UK to support her. Unfortunately some of her relatives were unhappy that she had had a baby with a someone who wasn’t from the same ethnic group (Inga’s father is Zimbabwean) and threatened to kidnap Inga and take her to Zimbabwe. When Siyasinga went to the South African police they said they couldn’t help her, so Siyasinga brought Inga back to the UK where she thought she would be safe and claimed asylum.
Siyasinga’s case was refused because the Home Office don’t think she and Inga have close ties in the UK, even though Inga was born here and her father still lives here. 
Because Inga was born in the UK she has no immunity to malaria, which in endemic in South Africa. This puts her at risk of becoming seriously ill or dying if she contracts the disease.
We need urgent action to help stop Siyasinga and Inga’s removal.
 What you can do:
1. Fax letters of support to Rt. Hon. Jacqui Smith, Secretary of State for the Home Office asking the removal be stopped and for them to be released. Please remember to include the HO Ref:M1357210. To: Rt Hon Jacqui Smith, MP, Secretary of State for the Home Office, 3rd Floor, Peel Buildings, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF, Fax: 020 7035 3262 (00 44 20 7035 3262 if you are faxing from outside UK)
2. Please fax or phone Virgin Airlines asking them not to take this woman and her daughter as they will be in danger if returned to South Africa. Head Office Virgin Atlantic Head Office 01293 562345 Virgin Atlantic PO Box 747 Dunstable LU6 9AH UK Fax: 08701 900959.Advanced Passenger Information 0870 190 0950 
Please find attached a model fax for the airline and a model fax for Jacqui Smith that you can use or amend. Model fax for JSModel fax for airline

Thanks!