[UK, Egypt] NCADC Blog - Instead of being protected, the Saleh family’s ordeal continued in the UK

[Picture from the same article - copyright ncadc.org.uk, 27/10/2012]

 

29.10.2012. In the early hours on 18 October, Fariman Saleh and her family were taken from their home in Cardiff by UKBA. The dawn raid was filmed by a supporter of the family – it is very distressing to watch.

Background
WSSAG Wales, one of the many groups supporting the family, provided this information on the background of their case:

 

Mrs Saleh, an Egyptian national, applied for asylum in the UK after escaping an abusive and cruel husband whose acts endangered her and her children’s lives for over 15 years to the extent of death and rape. The Egyptian authorities ignored this domestic abuse as her husband has close links with police, judges and other officials. The entire family is under serious threat of honour-based violence and possibly even death if deported back to Egypt. Simply setting foot in Egypt again leads the family to fear for their lives seeing as they could not ask for protection from the authorities, knowing that they have close ties with her husband. The family believes if they are removed to Egypt they would be forced into hiding.

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