Refugee's fears after being denied residency after 10 years in NI

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He is the only member of his family not allowed to stay in Northern Ireland

A refugee who has been living in Northern Ireland for the past 10 years has spoken of his fears after being the only member of his family to be denied permission to stay here.

Since then he has built a life here, despite the daily struggles of not having a permanent residency status which means that he is unable to work full time.Read more: 12 foot Syrian refugee puppet Little Amal arrives in Belfast for four day tour He said: "My family was forced to leave South Africa 10 years ago because of threats from my father who is a dangerous man and heavily involved in organised crime. It was the only way that our mum thought that we could survive.

"For years we have been fighting to have our residency status secured, which has been very tough and after ten years I am no further along than when I started.

 

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