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NESTOR'S STORY
Nestor Sylla is much loved and highly respected. Following the murder of his sister in Guinea, Africa, in 2006, he fled for his life to the UK, but previous legal work failed Nestor when a solicitor failed to respond to a Home office request for photographs. His complaint about the solicitor was upheld.
A natural helper, Nestor has volunteered for the BOAZ TRUST winter night shelter for seven years. He has also volunteered for Red Cross and the Mustard Tree. Nestor has created a new family in the UK and, in the process, become a vital carer for both Lawrence, aged 14, and for Elizabeth Coleman, retired. Lawrence says: “He’s a really great guy and helps me with my homework and takes me to school.” And Elizabeth says: “Nestor’s home is England. He is like a son to me. He has a lot to contribute to our society.” In April of this year Nestor, who is also a natural leader, was elected to represent many destitute people, questioning the Greater Manchester Mayoral Candidates at a Housing Hustings about their plans for tackling the city’s desperate housing problem. We are looking forward to meeting Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester Mayor soon, and Nestor should be leading that meeting. Instead, Nestor was detained on Friday 30th June 2017. His lawyer, Mervyn Cross of Duncan Lewis says: ,”There is absolutely no reason to detain Nestor. The Home Office purports that a travel document has been issued, and they would receive it today and that a decision on the Article 8 application would be due today also. However neither has transpired. I believe, in my experience, that these are stalling tactics to influence the Judge in not granting bail last Tuesday or to make the Applicant withdraw his application. Nestor should be released so he can continue to care for the people in his life, including Elizabeth who travelled all the way from Manchester with Mary to stand as brilliant bail sureties.” |
UPDATES & HOW TO HELP
Nestor is out of detention and working on his campaign to stay in the UK. He continues to be a carer for Elizabeth and to support Marie and her family as well as doing other community work. Nestor's petition has now been updated. We are asking that the Home Office apologises to Nestor for his unlawful detention and that they grant his Leave to Remain application. To show your support for him you can add your name here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/home-office-must-admit-unlawful-detention?just_launched=true
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