Deportation: Lordorice & Imelda Belong to Belfast

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Friday May 04, 2007 10:02

by redjade

Lordorice & Imelda Belong to Belfast

Lordorice Djountso

Lordorice Djountso came to Northern Ireland on 03 August 2005 from Cameroon.

When arrived she was very withdrawn and seemed frightened. It transpired she was also in the early stages of pregnancy but this had not been confirmed at this time. Her daughter, Imelda, was born in Belfast on 10.03.06.

Lordorice claimed asylum on grounds of persecution arising out of a dispute with a local chief. She claims to have been raped and that her brothers were killed. After a considerable period in hiding without incident, she reported the rape and murder to the authorities. She claims that following the report that an attempt was made to find her and kill her and she subsequently fled Cameroon. The claim was refused and came before the Adjudicator who refused her appeal on credibility, adding that even if the claim was considered credible, that she was not likely to be of interest to her attackers so long after the event and further that there was sufficiency of protection available in Cameroon. Ms Djountso presented medical evidence following the refusal of the appeal that demonstrated that she is suffering from PTSD. She claimed that had this material been available to the Adjudicator that it was possible that a different view on credibility would have been reached. She also claimed that as a result of the PTSD that removal would be in breach of Articles 3 and 8 ECHR. The Secretary of State refused to consider the new evidence as a fresh claim under Rule 353 of the Immigration Rules. Judicial Review proceedings were taken against the refusal. Both the High Court, and the Court of Appeal refused leave to apply for judicial review.

read more about this case at...
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine82/lodorice.html

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