1953 1962 1967 children - Kamran, Imran, and Saima. 1975 1976 for their children in Pakistan to join them. 1978 Socialist Challenge. 5 March 1981 Page 8.
Anwar is born in Birmingham.
Aged nine she is sent to Pakistan.
She marries Shuja Ud Din, below the legal age for marriage. She has three Anwar returns to England where she has another child, Samera. Believing their marriage to be invalid under British laws she and Shuja remarry in Rochdale. They give their status as bachelor and spinster, thinking this the correct thing to do.
As they now have a house they apply On 21 February they are interviewed.
1979 children to be Anwar's. although 1980 on all of us.
On 18 May the Home Office refuses en try on the grounds that they do not believe the Anwar's appeal is turned down on 30 July and in September leave to appeal against the decision is refused. The Home Office declares the case closed although the adjudicator agrees that the three children are indeed Anwar's. The reason given are the 'lies' in the past - mis-stating her age on marriage in Pakistan, and declaring herself to be a spinster at Rochdale Registry Office.
Whether Kamran, Imran and Saima are allowed to enter the country now depends force. pY daughter, Daddy, umaerslallu ference at there. meeting, anything.
Secretary, say Barnett MP for Party accused meetings. WE'VE been up all night things in We phoned the children in took ages to get through. The children were so haptalk They wanted to speak to my Samera. They said: 'Please, Mum, wake her up, please, please.' She was asleep. It was three o'clock in the morning. But she spoke to them It was the first 1 san the She has neve She kept crying and saying: want to go and see them And they said: 'Mummy and miss you.' People think the kids don't understand going U11 They do Some people say, 'But it's five or six years since you've last seen your children, they might not remember vou' That's out of the question. They know who I am, they haven't forgotten me at all, nor their father.
When did you first realise tha you weren't going to be allowea to bring them here?
When case was turned down. After that it went on and on. I was turned down on appeal well. Then started. At the tribunal they said the case was closed, but I'm still campaignto lots of meetings. I went to the Labour Party con Blackpool and spoke at the Tribune and the national ecutive is supposed to be taking my case up, but I haven't heard met Merlyn Rees, and 1 asked him: 'What are you going to do about the families you've destroyed?' He replied: 'I can' anything without knowing about your case - leave me ine reference number.' heret he bombe He's been terested in the Cast trom the Minor Rochdale where Anwar Cyril Smith (Liberal lives) turned me down because of the Labour im a member He wrote to me saying: 'I sug gest you ask your Labour Party friends to help you.
wrote to nim again and he me breaking I haven't broken up any meetings. He says he can't One of the many ma Top right: Anwar's t proved that I've had n SUDOOHI me although one child.
You had a medical exa didn't you?
Yes, Timothy Rais Office wan evidence so I had an ex and it proved definitel had more than one chi som still wasn't satisfied. W more and more new ev they said they wouldn any more new docume I'm absolutely I've been to so many that I haven't been abl work done. I make pi for the NHS. I get one one pillow-case - I ha 3000 to make £30. It hour and twenty minu
ar Ditta's meetings. No chance.
ANWAR DITTA is a victim of these racist laws. For five years she has tought a heroic battle to bring her children to this country and to reunite her family. JENNY FLINTOFT interviewed her as she rested briefly between campaign sayıng blood tests.
willing have Now after all these years they finally say they want They do feel strange about it. But I think it's about time that The Labour Party wants your vote but... destroved.
WOMEN'S DAY
8 MARCH 1981 of black families that have been
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BRITISH Immigration laws Acts of Parliament the law has been perfected to allow easy entry for 'desirable' whites and to keep out blac people. Now a new Nationa ty Bill with the same racist basis is about to come into
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