Comments on: Stop the deportation of Mashal Jabari

By: Greg Lewis

Greg Lewis — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:25:05 +0000

Here is the confirmation of Mashal’s release from the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC):

“Mashal Jabari is free. A Judicial Review went in yesterday morning and the judge agreed that at present – until another full age assessment is completed – Mashal is to be considered 14 years of age and placed with a foster family in Wales where he has some support.
“He was released from Campsfield House IRC early yesterday evening.
“Thank you to everyone who sent letters, faxes and emails to the Rt. Hon. Alan Johnson MP, Evan Harris MP and their local MPs. The response has been overwhelming and invaluable and messages of support will be given to Mashal and advice and assistance passed on to those currently supporting him in Wales.”

By: miriam hollis

miriam hollis — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:30:15 +0000

Congratulations on the news that Mashal has been released from detention and is now with foster carers – do keep an eye on him though because not all foster carers are sympathetic to asylum seeking children and I have known children who remain desperately unhappy. Social Services should also be arranging regular family visits to his brother in Leicester and vice versa.

I’m sorry that Mashal had such a terrible time in detention. Even when children are with their own families they have a terrible time, so I am sure that it was frightening, bewildering and confusing for Mashal.

My very best wishes to him, his brother, and good luck with keeping Mashal in the uk.

By: Siobhan Corria

Siobhan Corria — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:45:05 +0000

Hi there,
Yes Mashal has a welfare solicitor who managed to get him interim from Cardiff Children’s Services until the full JR in May. He was released from detention at about 7pm tonight and taken to foster carer’s in Cardiff. A DNA test may e the next step although I’m not sure. Mashal’s experiences in detention were awful, he was truly terrified.

By: miriam hollis

miriam hollis — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:21:48 +0000

whoops DNZ test should be DNA test – my apologies.

I forgot to say that a family law practitioner will organise a medical age assessment and/or a Merton compliant age assessment. Has anyone contacted the Childrens Commissioner about Marshal?

By: miriam hollis

miriam hollis — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:19:11 +0000

I strongly urge someone in Wales to instruct a solicitor who specialises in working on issues to do with families. It would be useful if they have a track record of pushing social services ( often these solicitors work on cases where children are taken in to the care of the local authority).Forgive my comment if this has already been done, but it should be possible to speak with someone who can then visit him to take instructions and apply for an injunction pending a full age assessment being carried out, and bail pending that process.

I presume that in his older brothers SEF interviews he was asked to provide information about other family members, and he may have divulged that he had a younger brother and an approximate age. Has anyone checked what exactly Zaki said during his SEF interviews? If he divulged that he had a younger brother it is also possible for the instructed family solicitor to organise a DNZ test for Marshal.

The family solicitor should liase closely with Marshals immigration practitioner.