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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Emily Dugan in Ankara

‘I’m punished again and again’: father barred from UK fights to get home to his son

Siyabonga Twala
Siyabonga Twala has been stuck in limbo in Turkey since he was barred from boarding a flight to Manchester. Photograph: Tunahan Turhan/The Guardian

It is raining heavily as Siyabonga Twala trudges down the steep pavement that leads from the British embassy in Ankara. In a soft Cheshire accent, he says: “I don’t mind when it rains, it feels like home, like.”

For almost three months, walking around Turkey’s capital has been the only way to keep his mind and body busy while wondering if he will ever come home to his British son and family.

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