Greater Manchester Respect

The fight to save the family continues.
The situation is now desperate. We may have only 72 hours to save the family and prevent their deportation to Iran .
Child M and his family have thousands of supporters. Their plight has received wide spread media coverage.

What next?

The legal process has ended. The Home Secretary and Immigration Minister can still halt their deportation and give the family the right to remain in the UK .
The only chance for this family now is that the Home Secretary and Immigration Minister agree to discuss the case with the family's constituency MP, Sir Gerald Kaufman.
We ask all supporters of Child M and his family and those sympathetic to their case to do two things;
Urgently contact Damian Green and Teresa May and state that the family cannot be safely returned to Iran. They face certain imprisonment and worse.
Contact your own MP and Councillors and ask them to do the same and to contact Sir Gerald Kaufman to offer their support.
It’s not over yet. Together we can still save this family. Please do all you can.
Please see http://www.childm.org.uk for updates
Child M Campaign
See also: 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/sep/22/child-m-deported-iran-protests

For more information and to donate visit www.vivapalestina.org

The following is a message from the Child M Must Stay campaign that Greater Manchester Respect Party is proud to support.

Child M and his family, friends and supporters were relieved to hear tonight that a judge at the High Court in Manchester has agreed to consider a Judicial Review application submitted by Child M's legal team. The Judicial Review, to be held at the High Court on Wednesday 22nd September, means that the legal process continues and the family will not be deported tomorrow. The legal team have done a fantastic job and we all hope for the very best outcome. At the same time we are waiting a decision from the European Court of Human Rights tomorrow morning.

The fight to keep Child M and his whole family in the UK continues. We remain deeply concerned about the dangers that the family face if they are forced to return to Iran. They cannot be returned to Iran against their will. As the news came through that they will not be deported tomorrow, Farah cried with relief.

Against all odds, as a campaign, we have succeeded again in preventing the deportation of the family. What now?

Keep up the political pressure. Every single call to ministers, MP's, Trades Unions, councillors and the press has an impact. We need to keep demanding the family are not forcibly returned to Iran and are given the right to permanently remain in the UK. We have been in the situation of a temporary reprieve before. Enough is enough for this family. Until we win, nothing is certain and the family remain in danger. Damian Green has made the wrong decision. We need to tell him.

I can't thank you all enough for everything you've done so far. Please don't stop now.

We will be calling a gathering of friends to show solidarity with the family in Manchester city centre very soon.

On Friday evening the Immigration Minister, Damian Green MP, refused to reconsider the decision to deport Farah Ghaemi and her children to Iran.

Gerald Kaufman, MP for Gorton, made representations on behelf of the family last week. In the Commons on Monday he asked:

"Will the Minister put an immediate stop to the UK Border Agency's plan to ship the Ghaemi family-mother, daughter and young son-from my constituency to Iran a week tomorrow? The two women will undoubtedly be exposed to the possibility of being flogged, tortured, imprisoned or stoned. Is it not intolerable that UKBA should plan to do that, and does the Minister want that on his conscience?"

Damian Green has decided that Removal Directions, set for this Tuesday, will be enforced.

Gerald Kaufman has said that the political process has now ended and there is nothing else he can do. The legal team are making last ditch efforts to prevent the deportation, but the situation is becoming increasingly serious and the family are desperate.

The family now expect to be removed from Gorton, Manchester on Monday 13th or Tuesday 14th September.

Child M and his family cannot return to Iran safely. Farah and her daughter Mahroo stand accused of copying and distributing copies of Salman Rushdie's book 'The Satanic Verses'. The Iranian authorities have already issued arrest warrants for both Farah and Mahroo.

What you can do:

Contact Damian Green MP, Immigration Minister and Teresa May MP, Home Secretary to ask that the family be given the right to remain in the UK. THEY MUST NOT BE DEPORTED TO IRAN - THEY WILL NOT BE SAFE. The family's Home Office reference numbers are G1158044; G1158044/2; G1158044/7.

DAMIEN GREEN

020 70353986

01233 820454

020 72193518

020 72193911

FAX

01233 820111

020 87603132

020 72190904

greend@parliament.uk


THERESA MAY

020 72195206

0118 9345433

01628 604961

Fax

0118 9345288

020 72195206

mayt@parliament.uk

The family are booked on flight Iran Air IR710 5.00pm. Contact UNITE UNION to ask their members to refuse to let the plane take off.

020 74208900

020 76112500

Heathrow

020 87455791

0844 3351801
Please do all you can

For background information and current updates see www.childm.org.uk

For more information visit www.childm.org.uk