Article 79RB5 UK tells blind Nigerian pensioner to go to India for medical treatment

UK tells blind Nigerian pensioner to go to India for medical treatment

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Diane Taylor
from World news | The Guardian on (#79RB5)

Woman who has lived in UK for 26 years refused indefinite leave to remain under Home Office's new settlement rules

A blind Nigerian pensioner who has lived in the UK for 26 years has been told by the Home Office she can safely go to India, a country she has never visited, for medical treatment.

Comfort*, 67, arrived in the UK in 2000, and shortly after suddenly went blind due to acute glaucoma.

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