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SYEDA AKBAR

I honestly did not know that I was entitled for anything. I just went there as a help. My advocate, she suggested me that it’s their responsibility to help you, so somehow that thing was in my mind that ‘well, this is the department of the government, which has to help me because I’ve got children.’ But it didn’t happen, didn’t work out like that. They weren’t concerned about the children. They didn’t say, like, if you wanted anything or if children wanted anything, or ‘we are sorry we can’t help you but we can just contact any of the agencies, which can help you.’ It didn’t work out.

Well, I wanted a compassion towards people without any discrimination or without any judgement. I did get that essence that I was kind of discriminated of not having a secure immigration status, and I understand that the person who was dealing my case or their managers, they did not understand that I had my immigration case pending with the Home Office. Even if you’re an overstayer, you’re still a human being. And what about the children, like, why didn’t they put them in consideration?