Mick Hartley

Our government, despite having effectively lost control of our borders, and being clueless about how many immigrants there are in Britain, nevertheless continues to harass the most vulnerable. Here’s a case at the International Campaign Against Honour Killings website of a Pakistani woman, currently in detention with her three children, who runs a genuine risk of being killed for “bringing shame onto her family” should she be deported:

Humaira and her three children were abandoned by her husband after they arrived with him from Pakistan in September 2006. Her husband left her and the girls in a park in Edinburgh. She has not seen him since but has subsequently discovered that he has returned to Pakistan and reported her for kidnapping her own children and for stealing jewelry and other property. In her absence she has been sentenced by a court to ten years in prison. Since then she has also been threatened by male relatives for bringing shame onto her family.

The Judge in Humaira’s immigration case has found that her marriage to her husband was breaking down before they came to the UK but did not believe she is in any danger as a single mother if she is now returned to Pakistan. The judge seemed to believe that Hamaira would be able to re-start her life living with her parents as if she and her husband were still together. This is just not the case. If Humaira and her children are returned to Pakistan they face major problems, especially as she is accused of leaving her husband.

Details of how you can help at the ICAHK post.