newsnight : 19yr old married to brit faces being deported

[joebloggs]

Canadian Rochelle Wallis, who married a man from Wales, now faces deportation from the UK because of a law designed to prevent forced marriages.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8165850.stm


full story here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lvg83/Newsnight_23_07_2009/
forward to 25mins 38secs

i wonder what will be the outcome, will they let her stay or deport her. could be a test case to see if this effects their human rights. my money is on her leaving :Erm:

[Mrs Daddy]

Oh dear!:doh

[aposhark]

.........i wonder what will be the outcome, will they let her stay or deport her. could be a test case to see if this effects their human rights. my money is on her leaving :Erm:

All of us on this forum will feel empathy for this couple.

It is uncomfortable to hear about their plight, imagine how much more uncomfortable it is for them.

I think they have to look at every option.

[aromulus]

The way I understood it a couple of days ago was that they were not at fault with applying for the visa.

Someone at the other end mislaid the photographs and that led to some kind of delay....:Erm:

Anyway, cannot see what the problem is.
It was not a forced marriage.
They married before the law came into effect.

The injustice of some ridiculous rulings and laws...:doh

[joebloggs]

yes they married b4 the law changed, i take it she came on a fiancée visa, but then they i think they lost her passport? but also she applied to extend her visa (flr) a few days late. should never apply late - breech of your visa.

but the MP said they can not apply the law to only Asian countries , it has to apply to everyone, why ? when most if not all the problem is from a small number of countries. the HO asked people from certain countries to have a TB test b4 coming to uk, so how can they do that, but not ask for those where forced marriages takes place should be over 21.

[Jay&Zobel]

Oh noes! That's sad. I don't want to be in their shoes, I think no one does... :NoNo::NoNo::NoNo::NoNo::NoNo:

[Tawi2]

I thought the law originally written with a degree of latitude written into it for cases such as this?:Erm: Hopefully she will get to stay but that would set a precedent that others could follow,I wonder how the government play this one :Erm:

[kimmi]

that was really sad,:NoNo::NoNo: though it should be a lesson for all of us not to take for granted rules of other countries..:doh:doh

[Tiggers0608]

that was really sad,:NoNo::NoNo: though it should be a lesson for all of us not to take for granted rules of other countries..:doh:doh

:xxgrinning--00xx3: i agree with ya sis