Bands line up to help family stay in UK
Published Date:
25 July 2008
By Rachael Clegg
SHEFFIELD bands Sicknotes, Inner State Circus, The Boomays and Johnny Can't Swim perform this weekend as part of a campaign to prevent the deportation of a human rights activist in Sheffield.
The Sheffield Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers is organising the live music event, called Claude Ndeh Family Must Stay Benefit Evening, as part of their fight to persuade the Government to allow Cameroon-born Claude Ndeh to stay in the UK.
He and his wife fled Cameroon in 2001 after Claude was imprisoned for defending human rights under President Biya's dictatorial government.
According to Ndeh's MySpace, he and his wife Majolie fear for their lives in Cameroon but may face being deported back to their country.
Ndeh, a French teacher, and his wife have three UK-born children, two of whom suffer from sickle cell anaemia, a blood disorder which means they have no resistance to malaria and one that needs constant medical attention.
Sheffield Children's Hospital says that a move to Cameroon would expose the children to new risks of infection. "This, coupled with relatively limited access to healthcare… is likely to be detrimental to their health."
Inner State Circus, The Boomays, The Sicknotes and Johnny Can't Swim play at Café Euro, John Street, on Saturday from 7.30pm.
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25 July 2008 8:17 AM
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