A pregnant British woman from Liverpool is facing effective deportation to Nigeria under harsh new family migration laws. Becky, 23, met her Nigerian husband Uzo, 33, in a Liverpool club when she was a fine art student at Wirral Metropolitan College and working part-time in a garden centre.
Uzo had originally come to the UK to visit his aunt, but decided to stay and join the British Army as an engineering pioneer. The pair married in May 2012 and applied for Uzos spouse visa as his job with the army ended, but they were refused due to two mistakes on the application.
Then the new family migration rules were introduced on July 9, 2012, which stipulated that a British citizen needs to earn at least 18,600 to sponsor a non-EU spouse to stay in the UK a sum too high for Becky and Uzo (as well as 47% of British citizens, according to campaigners).
When Becky was 25 weeks pregnant, they appealed the case under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) which protects the right to family life.
They managed to win and set off on a family holiday to Wales to celebrate.
But as they were relaxing in Wales, relieved at the courts decision, a phone call from Beckys father came through telling her a letter from the Home Office had arrived saying it planned to appeal the decision.
I never thought I could feel so ashamed of this country I call home.
We could not believe our own governments immigration officers would be so callous as to suggest our baby in utero had no rights to be taken into account, said Becky.
It almost insinuates that theyre hoping that he will not come into being in the near future.
To make things worse, an ultrasound scan found that their baby had a kidney problem and a possible chromosomal disorder.
There is absolutely no regard to family life in their treatment of peoples cases and their procedures are immoral and unethical……….
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