A petition has been set up to campaign against the deportation of a Deaf boy from Iraq who has made remarkable progress since he started studying at Derby Deaf School. Lawand Hamadmin is 6 years old.
You can see and sign the petition by clicking here.
A mum whose daughter is in the same class as a deaf refugee boy from Iraq has started a campaign to fight Government plans to deport him.
More than 600 people have signed Esther Freeman’s petition to keep six-year-old Lawand Hamadamin in Derby so he can continue to study at the Royal School for the Deaf.
The profoundly deaf boy and his family were encouraged to come to the city by charity DeafKidz from a Dunkirk “jungle” camp after they escaped ISIS threats to kill disabled children – and now teachers say Lawand has made “extraordinary progress” learning British Sign Language.
The family are hoping to appeal at the High Court after a final decision was made two weeks ago to deport them to Germany, which they passed through on their way to the UK.
Part-time Royal Derby Hospital nurse Esther Freeman said the rise of negative attitudes towards foreigners in the last year inspired her to push back and do something positive.
Read the full story at: http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/deaf-iraq-refugee-lawand-facing-deporatation-gets-support-from-petition-set-up-by-royal-derby-nurse/story-30021996-detail/story.html#XZfsCs2FmEVMZfUX.99
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Rosie Malezer
January 5, 2017
Unfortunately, only those from UK can sign the petition. I am in Finland and it refused my postcode.
Oh Dear
January 6, 2017
What’s wrong with Greece or Germany? Being deaf doesn’t mean we are above the law.
Steve E.
January 6, 2017
The campaign isn’t about being ‘above the law’ or implying there’s anything wrong with Greece or Germany.
Harsh circumstances have led Lawand and his family to UK, he started to learn sign language at Derby school, is flourishing there and deserves this chance.
The government has decided he and his family should be deported. But Lawand has settled at Derby after an already torrid and unsettled life.
There is NO guarantee Lawand will get the same level of support than he does at Derby.
There’s now over 1,200 signatures and growing.
Cathy
January 6, 2017
Steve, harsh circumstances are worldwide, that does not make Britain responsible for the whole wide world. This boy and his family were already safe in Germany, so why didn’t they stay there? Do you realise that EU law dictates that people remain in the first safe country they reach. Britain is the last one they reach not the first and this is why they are being deported.