Submitted on Friday 19th February 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Name and shame the person that made the decision to deport Myrtle Cothill
Myrtle Cothill, a 92 year old is due to be deported to South Africa despite her family being in the UK. I cannot understand how this country can treat a senior citizen in an abhorrent way where the stress could kill her. An awful decision where someone should be held publicly accountable.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3453351/Frail-widow-92-deported-UK-cared-child-sent-South-Africa-no-close-family.html
http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/19/elderly-widow-92-to-be-deported-to-south-africa-where-she-has-no-living-family-5705723/
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/625552/Stay-now-runner-frail-Myrtle-Cothill-Daily-Express-campaign
https://www.change.org/p/the-government-ailing-92-year-old-facing-forced-removal-from-uk/share?source_location=share_sponsor
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Home Secretary, Rt Hon Theresa May, is accountable to the House of Commons for the work of the Home Office.
The rules about petitions require us to reject petitions which name public officials (other than senior management). By extension, it would not be appropriate for us to publish a petition calling for an official to be named.
You might like to sign this petition calling for the decision to be reversed:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/122145
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