Published By: Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Last Updated: November 27, 2023, 10:17 IST
London, United Kingdom (UK)
Gurmit Kaur got here to the UK in 2009 along with her son to attend a marriage however was estranged from her household. The Sikh neighborhood in Smethwick adopted her. (Image: X/@rutbapanjabda)
Gurmit Kaur, a 78-year-old lady, is being deported again to Punjab. She got here to the UK in 2009 and have become estranged from her household dwelling there.
The case of an aged Indian Sikh lady, which was first reported in 2019, continues to entice widespread neighborhood help in England’s West Midlands as her supporters battle her deportation.
Gurmit Kaur, 78, got here to the UK in 2009 and Smethwick has been residence to her ever since, reads an internet petition that has attracted over 65,000 signatures because it was launched in July 2020.
More lately, “We Are All Gurmit Kaur” has been operating throughout social media platforms as the area people continues to rally across the widow.
“Gurmit Kaur has no family to turn to in the UK and no family to return to in Punjab. So the local Sikh community of Smethwick has adopted her,” reads the petition on change.org.
“Gurmit Kaur applied to stay but has been refused even though she has no family to return to in Punjab, India. Gurmit is a very kind woman, even though she has nothing she is still generous and will always give what she can, when she can. Most of her days are spent volunteering at the local gurdwara,” it learn.
The UK Home Office maintains that Ms Kaur is in contact with individuals in her village in Punjab and that she would give you the chance to re-adjust to life there.
Salman Mirza, an immigration advisor for the Brushstroke Community Project, who began the petition and is amongst these serving to Ms Kaur by the visa appeals course of, informed BBC that her ordeal has been torture for her.
“She has a derelict house in the village, with no roof, and will have to find heating, food, and resources in a village she hasn’t been to in 11 years. It’s like water torture, a slow death. She’s never had the right to work and provide for herself,” he stated.
A Home Office spokesperson stated that whereas it can not touch upon particular person instances, “all applications are carefully considered on their individual merits and on the basis of the evidence provided”.
Gurmit Kaur first travelled to the UK in 2009 to attend a marriage and initially lived along with her son.
After getting estranged from her household, she went on to depend on the kindness of strangers. She has widespread help inside the area people the place she usually volunteers at native charities.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
