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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

‘Britain has been my home for 14 years. Now I’m being kicked out – and I have to leave my sick mother behind’

A woman who has spent half her life in the UK has been told she must leave immediately and be separated from her ill mother, who she is caring for, after a 14-year asylum battle.

Asma Khan, 30, came to the UK from Pakistan as a 15-year-old with her mother, who she says was fleeing domestic abuse. Her asylum case was initially refused in 2010 and she has spent the past 14 years challenging that decision.

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