An urgent plea for Selina
An urgent plea for Selina
Selin
a Adda and her two children, Brian (10) and Chelsea (6), face deportation this Wednesday, January 27th. They are currently being held at Yarl’s Wood detention centre near Bedford.
Despite living in Nottingham for five years and completing a nursing qualification, Selina will be deported back to Ghana where she will be forced into an arranged marriage. She and her daughter may also be at risk of female genital mutilation, a practice common to her betrothed’s tribe.
The court rejected Selina’s application for asylum on the basis of insufficient evidence. Yet, there is substantial evidence to support her claim. Her mother has been threatened with death if Selina is not found, and her sister, who was accepted as a substitute wife, committed suicide before going through with the arranged marriage. Also, a recent advert appeared in a Ghanaian newspaper offering to reward those with knowledge of her whereabouts.
Read more about Selina’s case and support her anti-deportation campaign by taking one of the actions below:
1) Email or phone Willie Walsh, Chief Executive Officer British Airways and urge him not to carry out the forced removal of Selina Adda and her children. Please use the attached SelinaBrianChelseaBA.doc. You can copy, amend or write your own version and add your address at the top - if you do please include all the following details: Please do not remove, Selina Adda and her children, due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Wednesday 27th January 2010 @ 14:50 on British Airways flight BA0081 to Accra.
0844 493 0787
2) Email or fax Rt. Hon. Alan Johnson MP Secretary of State for the Home Office asking that Selina Adda and her children, be granted protection in the UK. Attached is a "model letter" SelinaBrianChelseaAJ.doc which you can copy/amend/write your own version (if you do so, please remember to include their HO ref A1290971).