15 March 2024: Open Democracy: Heavily pregnant refugee to be evicted and sent 250 miles away from family
Ayana is booked to have a baby in London in two weeks. Tower Hamlets Council is sending her to live in Middlesbrough
Aheavily pregnant refugee is set to be evicted and moved to the other side of the country just two weeks before her due date.
Ayana* is due to give birth in early April. All her prenatal appointments have been in Tower Hamlets in east London and her birth is also booked at the nearby Royal London Hospital. But next week she will be uprooted by the council and sent 250 miles away to Middlesbrough, where she has no friends or family – or medical records.
Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth (HASL), the housing rights group supporting Ayana, believes she could successfully appeal the decision and has – at the last minute – found a lawyer willing to take on her case.
Read more: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/pregnant-refugee-tower-hamlets-council-middlesbrough