***16.09.11 UPDATE*** Listen to Juliet Stevensen and Lydia Besong in today's Women's Hour interview with Jenni Murray at 00.53 to 12.16 minutes
***15.09.11 UPDATE*** Do listen out for Women's Hour, Radio 4, 10.00am tomorrow (160911) 16.35 How the UKBA left Lydia and Bernard's home when they snatched Bernard. Campaign team member Angela says: "I have just come back from the flat. Two friends of Lydia’s met me there along with a staff member from Bury Asylum Team. UKBA have kicked in the bathroom door, it’s a mess and they left very obvious messy signs that they had pulled the place apart in search of Lydia. I have taken laundry home to wash, found it soaking in the bathroom. It felt as though the Gestapo had been in there, very distressing to see." See The Bury Times for a new article about Lydia and Bernard's ongoing struggle for their rights, and a letter from Eagle Wings in Bury about how so many other people seeking asylum are treated by the UKBA. |
Short film about when the UKBA removed Bernard from his home |