Since becoming public in 2019, the case of an elderly Indian Sikh woman has garnered much support from the local community in the West Midlands area of England.
His supporters are fighting to prevent his deportation.
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Who is this woman?
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Gurmit Kaur, 78, moved to Smethwick after arriving in the UK in 2009.
What has happened?
In England’s West Midlands, the case of the elderly Sikh Indian woman has gained widespread community support since it was first reported in 2019. Her supporters are fighting for her deportation.
An online petition that was started in July 2020 and received more than 65,000 signatures claims that Gurmit Kaur, 78, moved to Smethwick after arriving in the UK in 2009. Recently, as the neighborhood continued to support the widow , “We are all Gurmit Kaur” has been trending on social media.
According to the change.org petition, Gurmit Kaur has no family in Punjab, India or the United Kingdom to return to. Therefore, the Sikh community in Smethwick has embraced her.
Gurmit Kaur, who has no family in Punjab, India, applied to stay but was rejected.
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According to the UK Home Office, Kaur can be reintegrated into her village in Punjab because she is in contact with locals. However, Kaur’s experience has been torture, as Salman Mirza, an immigration consultant for the Brushstroke Community Project, describes it. Mirza, who started the petition and is actively involved in helping her with the visa appeal process, shared these details with the BBC.
“He lives in a run-down, roofless house in the village and has to find resources, food and heat in a village he hasn’t visited in eleven years. It feels like a slow death from water torture,” Mirza said. She stated: “She has never had the right to work and support herself.”
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According to a Home Office spokesperson, “all applications are carefully considered on their merits and the basis of the evidence provided.”
According to reports, when Gurmit Kaur moved in with her son in 2009, it was for the purpose of attending a wedding. She later became separated from her family and had to depend on the good will of others.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn