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The Journal (Newcastle, UK)
December 31, 2011 Saturday
Family Deportation Threat Lifted
A FAMILY are looking forward to a happy New Year on Tyneside following
the end of their lengthy deportation battle.
Kamo and Nonna Manukyan have lived in Wallsend, North Tyneside, for
more than four years with their children Lusi, 20, and Arsen, 21.
The family were refused asylum and faced deportation to Armenia and Uzbekistan.
But now they are looking forward to a settled 2012 after being granted
discretionary leave, meaning they can stay in the UK for the next
three years.
Lusi said: "We have really enjoyed our first peaceful Christmas in the
UK and we have not had to worry about whether or not we will be here
in the New Year.
"We are really looking forward to it and we just hope that everything
will run smoothly for us from now on. I can't describe how happy we
are. Our prayers and dreams have come true." The family have just
moved into a new home in Wallsend and Lusi is settling into university
at Newcastle after enrolling on government and European Union studies,
while Arsen is on a fashion design course at Edinburgh University.
Parents Kamo and Nonna are looking for employment and are hoping to
start work soon.
The family believe they will be allowed to stay in their home in
Wallsend for three years before they need to make another claim for
asylum.
They fled Uzbekistan in 2007 and, since finding a home in the North
East, they have become pillars in the local community and have done
thousands of hours of volunteering between them.
Members of the community have supported the family with their fight to
stay in the UK, with hundreds signing a petition to keep them in the
North East.
The UK Border Agency said it was unable to comment on individual cases.
December 31, 2011 Saturday
Family Deportation Threat Lifted
A FAMILY are looking forward to a happy New Year on Tyneside following
the end of their lengthy deportation battle.
Kamo and Nonna Manukyan have lived in Wallsend, North Tyneside, for
more than four years with their children Lusi, 20, and Arsen, 21.
The family were refused asylum and faced deportation to Armenia and Uzbekistan.
But now they are looking forward to a settled 2012 after being granted
discretionary leave, meaning they can stay in the UK for the next
three years.
Lusi said: "We have really enjoyed our first peaceful Christmas in the
UK and we have not had to worry about whether or not we will be here
in the New Year.
"We are really looking forward to it and we just hope that everything
will run smoothly for us from now on. I can't describe how happy we
are. Our prayers and dreams have come true." The family have just
moved into a new home in Wallsend and Lusi is settling into university
at Newcastle after enrolling on government and European Union studies,
while Arsen is on a fashion design course at Edinburgh University.
Parents Kamo and Nonna are looking for employment and are hoping to
start work soon.
The family believe they will be allowed to stay in their home in
Wallsend for three years before they need to make another claim for
asylum.
They fled Uzbekistan in 2007 and, since finding a home in the North
East, they have become pillars in the local community and have done
thousands of hours of volunteering between them.
Members of the community have supported the family with their fight to
stay in the UK, with hundreds signing a petition to keep them in the
North East.
The UK Border Agency said it was unable to comment on individual cases.