Turdurga Ay, a Ruraisn woman from Turkey, and her four chil. dren, Beriwan (14), Newroz My children are (12), Medya (7) and Dilovan (11), are fighting deportation from Britain. Younge was sent back to Germany, suppos- Yurgudal's husband, Salih was to point out in a eaty a sare thiro county by the Home Office some time ago. On May I 1 he was on August 19 the deported from there to Turkey.
Since then there has been no very worried about what has happened to him. Yurgudal and the children were snatched from their coverameats twin first sent to Tinskey House insulate content with Centre at Gatwick After 10 days they were moved to CAIL tion centre near Glasgow, far friends and comdeportation munity. A bail hearing on August 27 was unfortunately Yurdurgal explains how she Britain: *1 am from Diyarbakir. My 'told to justify the husband and were imed Simak which was a dangerous deportation must area at that time (1988), The soldiers and jandarma (military campaigners need police) kept coming to our vill us, coming into the houses and beating us, asking if we were Husbands were being taken to the jandarma station and being beaten. Iney were aso Dezang Minister the children and women in the houses. We went to Germany." the letter, "For eleven years we lived under a helish psychological must police came to the house to try for the to deport us. Once they said to this case do politics in Turkey'. The children grew up in that atmo by it. Also they 've always heard bad things about Turkey, which is somewere they ve never Yurdurgal says she has never slepe property since she left home, always fearing the police will come and deport her. She says: "How long am I supposed to go on like this? The children were bom in Europe but don't feel safe. If I had rights in Turkey i would live there."
In spite of this, the Home Office wants to deport Yurdurgal and the children to Germany too, although the family are terrified. What happeneo to sain gores trein no hope that they won't also be sene back to news suggests that the level of ill-treatment of Kurdish people risen in the last know that those ent back are geted. Yurdurgal's nome Unice MinIster the Home Beivrley Hughes Office's refusal refused, but an application for a judicial review has been lodged. But in the meantime. the Home Secretary should allow the Ay family to stay here on compassionate grounds. Secretary David Blunkett or the Minister for Nationality and Immigration, Beverley Hughes, at the Home Office, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London SWIH 9AT or fax them on 0207 273 3965, demanding that Mrs Ay remain. Please quate HO Ref APX/99/953 and send a copy to the campaign. (A model letter is available at www.ncadc.cr.ukl For further information: email [email protected] or prone hanngey Nurodr Community Centre 0208 880 1804. e mail sarahp107@horbe included in a list of campaign
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