Sokkha and her familyWednesday, February 03, 2010
Derby Telegraph (UK)
A DISABLED Derby mother-of- two has been told she faces being kicked out of the country – because she cannot study for a citizenship test.
Sokkha Cooper, from Cambodia, lost her right arm in a train accident as a child and suffered from polio while growing up, leaving her virtually unable to walk.
She has lived with her husband, Paul, in the UK for more than two years. The couple have two children and, three months ago, Sokkha applied for a visa to allow her to permanently settle.
However, the Home Office said she would be refused permission to stay in the UK because she has not taken the Life in the UK test.
The Sinfin couple thought Sokkha, 23, would be exempt because of her disabilities.
She can walk only about 20 metres at a time and Paul cannot take time off work to take her to classes to help her pass the test.
The couple sent statements from both her GP and the Department of Work and Pensions as evidence she should be excused from the test. But they were told that the Home Office was not satisfied and that she had to leave the country "as soon as possible".
Last night, after the Derby Telegraph took up her case, the Home Office appeared to soften its position and suggested that Sokkha might be able to appeal.
Sokkha said she was devastated by the thought of being separated from her children, Angel, three, and Dylan, one. She said: "I know I'm not from England but I feel it is my home. I don't want to leave it."
Sokkha Cooper, from Cambodia, lost her right arm in a train accident as a child and suffered from polio while growing up, leaving her virtually unable to walk.
She has lived with her husband, Paul, in the UK for more than two years. The couple have two children and, three months ago, Sokkha applied for a visa to allow her to permanently settle.
However, the Home Office said she would be refused permission to stay in the UK because she has not taken the Life in the UK test.
The Sinfin couple thought Sokkha, 23, would be exempt because of her disabilities.
She can walk only about 20 metres at a time and Paul cannot take time off work to take her to classes to help her pass the test.
The couple sent statements from both her GP and the Department of Work and Pensions as evidence she should be excused from the test. But they were told that the Home Office was not satisfied and that she had to leave the country "as soon as possible".
Last night, after the Derby Telegraph took up her case, the Home Office appeared to soften its position and suggested that Sokkha might be able to appeal.
Sokkha said she was devastated by the thought of being separated from her children, Angel, three, and Dylan, one. She said: "I know I'm not from England but I feel it is my home. I don't want to leave it."
7 comments:
I believe the real reason she is being denied a citizenship in UK is not the knowledge of the life and language of the kingdom; the real reason is in my opinion: she being cull as an unfit human to be a bother to that society. Do they have assisted killing in UK? this is a slippery slope of a Godless society. The government get to decide who is fit to live and who is not base on how a person productivity ability.
how could they break the family like this? the mom was handicapped due to an accident, but they have normal, beautiful children. that's not right! get the lawyer to look into it, really! this is not a sham wedding, they have a family together already. i bet if the husband push the case, they will be ok. there got to be an exception to the rule, really! good luck and god bless your family.
UK is so evil today accepting only Muslims from Pakistani, but the poor innocence people like Cambodians who have done nothing wrong to them they kick them out, and they don't care if her young children will be left with only father without the mother.
No wonder UK is under threat by the terrorists because they allow only muslims.
UK should like at US law.
how cruel, i bet the lawyer will have a good case for them. money, money from suing?
IF THEY MARRIED LEGALLY AND HE IS A UK CITIZEN , HE CAN GO TO ANY EU COUNTRY LIKE TO GERMANY AND THEY CAN STAY FOREVER .
REGARDS A.P.G.
sniff, sniff, and sniff .-_-.
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