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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Melissa Sigodo

'I was denied UK residency as Home Office saw me as a threat because of my race'

A former NHS worker with no criminal convictions was refused the right to remain in the UK on the grounds that he considered “a threat to national security."

Farrukh Sair from Manchester, says he doesn't even have a point on his licence but his numerous applications for permanent residency have been rejected by the Home Office over the last decade.

As the Home Office keeps changing the reasons for refusing his application, the 42-year-old, who is battling kidney cancer, says he was also initially rejected because he did not have £800 in his account for three consecutive months while he was a student.

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