Great news....

Because of all your help in getting over 75,000 signatures on our #SaveSherko petition the campaign has had an important beakthrough. 

Sherko WON his appeal case at the Immigration Tribunal, and now after 20 years in the country has been granted Leave to Remain and is on the path to being able to rebuild his life as a resident and hopefully future citizen, contributing to society. 

Sherko is so grateful to all who rallied round and supported him when he faced the threat of deportation.

Now in our local community of Chesterfield we face another deportation, this time under the government's cruel Rwanda Policy and are asking once again for your help.

Please click onthe link and sign this petition. https://www.change.org/AmmarMustStay

Ammar Allodatallah fled the horrors of his war-torn homeland Syria and came to Britain seeking asylum, and lived for over a year in Chesterfield. On April 31st, at 5.am, Immigration Officers entered Ammar’s home, took him from his bed and forcibly transported him to a detention centre near Heathrow Airport, to await deportation to Rwanda. His mental health is  rapidly deteriorating as he is being treated like a criminal, locked in a cell for 12 hours each night, fearful that his sanctuary in the UK is being ended. 

The Home Office filmed and broadcast his detention on national TV, to  demonstrate their power and to try frighten all asylum seekers. Friends and family of Ammar are shocked and devastated and are now seeking your  support.

Ammar arrived in Chesterfield in July 2022. He was very eager to learn English, joined informal English Language classes, before enrolling at Chesterfield College. All his teachers testify to his good character. He is an active, keen and able student, always willing to help others, always polite and respectful.

Ammar’s imprisonment is particularly cruel, because he is an outgoing, sociable person. He frequently volunteered to help at social events organised by the local Refugee Support Group and the local mosque. He is a skilled footballer, was a regular at Chesterfield Sunday football matches.

Syria was designated an ‘unsafe’ country under the Government’s ‘fast track’ asylum system, so Ammar was hopeful he would be granted Leave to Remain, like many of his peers. However, in November 2023 he was moved to Coventry. This meant leaving his studies and his friends, and waiting for his claim to be heard has impacted on his mental health.

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION:                                                                                            Ammar has wide support from his family, friends and volunteers he has met. His teachers are providing   character references for his Appeal against deportation. We urge you to sign in order to keep up Ammar’s morale and to show the Home Office that they cannot treat asylum seekers in this way. International Law requires that asylum seekers have the right to claim refugee status. This right is being denied.

Your support helped to #SaveSherkoPlease click onthe link and sign this petition to stop Ammar being deported to Rwanda.  https://www.change.org/AmmarMustStay