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Salford rise in defense of Gambian woman set for deportation
Tuesday, 06 July 2010 23:48
By Yusupha Cham A massive campaign has been launched by the community of Salford in England to save a Gambian woman from deportation following the rejection of her second asylum bid.
Sukai Jack appeared in Dallas court Tuesday morning where she was told she could stay up to September 2010 but with all her asylum support including home taken off from her.
The Salford Star and Salford Advertiser are among local media in the town which gave a wider coverage of the ordeal of the Gambian woman who fled from Mile 2 after being allegedly raped and tortured.
Sukai was accused of involvement in the alleged 2006 coup that has just been rekindled in Gambia with the indictment of the man himself who allegedly foiled it.
Since her arrival in the UK, Sukai has been helping as a volunteer in the community of Salford. Her supporters say she really doesn't want to be in Salford, she only needed to be there after the suffering she went through in jail.
Worries about Sukai’s fate among her supporters in the UK have been heightened by the fact that her case has been reported on the US based Gambian online media, Freedom Newspaper.
“Amnesty International has found evidence of harm to those Gambians featured in Freedom Newspaper, making it even more imperative that Sukai stays in Salford,” her supporters argue.
Reports say her claim was refused by the Home Office on the grounds that there were `numerous inconsistencies’ in her story – she got one date wrong in her story, by one day.
Sukai though is determined not to go back. Shortly before reporting to the court on Tuesday, she was quoted as saying: "I don't know what they are going to do but I'm not going to run away. I'm going to stay here and when they are ready to take me they will take a dead body to Gambia, but not me because I don't want him (Yahya Jammeh) to kill me, I will kill myself."
That statement by the Gambian woman was followed by another from a member of Defend Sukai Jack campaign in Salford.
"It's hard to say what's going to happen today but the chances of Sukai being deported look higher than they've ever been … If she says she has to stay with friends because she's now destitute. Proving that she has community ties is now more important than ever…"
The Gambian woman has been homeless since June 29th, according to reports.
"If my life was not in danger I would go home" she said. "My family's back home and I love my kids and my mother more than anything. But because my life's at risk, and also what I've gone through, I don't want to go through that, that's why I'm just asking them to consider that. To let them know that my life is in danger.”
The Defend Sukai Jack Campaign is urging people to take petitions and fill them in – get petitions, send messages of support or any other help you can give to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone 0161 736 3844
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No one is advocating for this Sukai's deportation (atleast I am not), infact I even though she lied (she is not good at it at all) now that her story all over in the Gambia, I'm concerned for her safety when deported. This was the jist of my comments.
It is very important to read and understand before attacking............just an advise.
Excellent point...
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