32 year old Afusat Saliu (pictured right) has
been deported from the UK after a campaign
to keep her in the country failed. There was a
campaign against her deportation on the
grounds that her two daughters, 4 and 2
(pictured above) face the possibility of female
genital mutilation in Nigeria.
Afusat had fled Nigeria in 2011, claiming her
stepmother had threatened to circumcise her
first daughter. She was pregnant again at the
time and claimed she feared her second
daughter would also be subjected to FGM.
Afusat and her two daughters were arrested
on May 28th by the UK Border Agency and
although over 120,000 people signed a petition
calling on the Home Office not to deport her,
the campaign failed as the woman and her kids
were put on a flight back to Nigeria yesterday
June 4th.
"We consider every claim for asylum on
its individual merits and in this case, the
claimant was not considered to be in need
of protection. The case has gone through
the proper legal process and our decision
has been supported by the UK courts on
five separate occasions, while the
European Court of Human Rights declined
an application to halt the removal." UK
Home Office said.
Afusat's lawyer said she's spoken to her since
she returned to Nigeria and said Afusat is quite
upset at being sent back and plans to continue
fighting her case until she's allowed back in the
UK.
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