Go back from whence ye came!
It's a very old saying about a very modern problem - Illegal immigrants.
I didn't know my friend Mark was an illegal immigrant until I got a phone call on Monday. My friend of seven years was arrested and charged and he'll be deported on Monday.
He didn't have his status in the UK and he was dealt with to the letter of the law. His deportation breaks my heart and I will miss him terribly.
I'm annoyed with him and thought how could he be so stupid but since speaking to him, he had his reasons.
His case isn't as sad as the woman from Tesco's who appeared in a Tesco's advertising campaign for their clothing range Florence & Fred because the Tesco's cashier/model started a family.
The woman in question, Fatou Cham from Gambia was a check-out girl.
She was picked from hundreds of other Tesco employees to appear in an advertising campaign.
Next to a picture of Miss Cham modelling a blue dress and heels were the words: 'Designed by F&F. Priced by Tesco. Modeled by Fatou, checkout number 6, Tesco, east London.'
She came to the United Kingdom in 1998 on a student visa but stayed after it expired in 2001. She applied for permanent residency but it was refused and she lived in the UK illegally. Sadly she has two children who are British citizens so God knows what’s going to happen to them all.
A tabloid said that her status was brought to light because of the advert, but I don’t know how true this is, but whatever and however; she’s got a long hard road ahead of her just like my friend Mark.
I didn't know my friend Mark was an illegal immigrant until I got a phone call on Monday. My friend of seven years was arrested and charged and he'll be deported on Monday.
He didn't have his status in the UK and he was dealt with to the letter of the law. His deportation breaks my heart and I will miss him terribly.
I'm annoyed with him and thought how could he be so stupid but since speaking to him, he had his reasons.
His case isn't as sad as the woman from Tesco's who appeared in a Tesco's advertising campaign for their clothing range Florence & Fred because the Tesco's cashier/model started a family.
The woman in question, Fatou Cham from Gambia was a check-out girl.She was picked from hundreds of other Tesco employees to appear in an advertising campaign.
Next to a picture of Miss Cham modelling a blue dress and heels were the words: 'Designed by F&F. Priced by Tesco. Modeled by Fatou, checkout number 6, Tesco, east London.'
She came to the United Kingdom in 1998 on a student visa but stayed after it expired in 2001. She applied for permanent residency but it was refused and she lived in the UK illegally. Sadly she has two children who are British citizens so God knows what’s going to happen to them all.
A tabloid said that her status was brought to light because of the advert, but I don’t know how true this is, but whatever and however; she’s got a long hard road ahead of her just like my friend Mark.
posted by August Mayfield at
11:57
3 Comments:
I say burn all the passports and break all the borders; it is the ultimate in inequality when 'the haves' can roam wherever they choose on earth and the 'have not’s' are left with little to choose from but poverty (or worse) or taking a risk that could cost them everything - even their lives.
Rose :)
Well said Rose, I like that!
August
Wow Fatou Cham from Gambia is a knock out model. She's a beautiful as Noami Cambell.
My heart goes out to her and i hope she finds happiness if this is all really going wrong for her.
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