A mum who started a new life in Liverpool is desperately trying to extend her family's permission to remain in Britain as she fears for the future of her disabled son.
Sheryll Armitage travelled more than 8,000 miles from South Africa to Kirkby with her children Douglas, who is deaf, and Erin in 2016. The 50-year-old moved after applying for an ancestral VISA, as her maternal grandparents were both born in England, while her father's side of the family has Irish and Welsh heritage. But after the relative she was staying with was found to be in breach of his tenancy agreement, the family was forced to move out and return to South Africa.
Sheryll, who works in administration, said: "I couldn't afford to rent without a job, and I couldn't get a job without a place to stay, so I was in a catch-22 situation. With nowhere to go we had no choice but to admit defeat and with heavy hearts and a huge financial loss returned to South Africa. The sad part was I received a letter for an interview a few days before we left."
