Alia Miah is taken from a Home Office Report.
Bashir, Ashique and Alia are the sons of Ibrahim Ali who has lived in Manchester since 1958. They applied There with their Marfush Bibi, and sister Saysta Miah, in early 1972. The whole family, apart from Ibrahim, live in the village of Hamidpur in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Lost They were eventually the Commission Dacca 1972. It was a 200 mile journey over difficult country and they all had to attend in person. The interview but had to be continued two days forcing them accommodation in Dacca.
At the end of it all they were told the Ibrahim would have interviewed in Britain.
[brahim was interviewed in March 1973, and was told there were still doubts, so his family would have to go to Dacca again. They went to Dacca in July 1973, and were told would have to be interviewed again in Britain!
At this point the section of the Croydon informed Dacca Ibrahim had become a UK citizen in 1963 and his statement family at that time coincided exactly with what his family were saying now. Delay However, they still interview Ibrahim again, this time in September 1973. It was accepted that his family situation was as he had stated but all the details were sent to Croydon to be looked at again.
Then, according the mother called for High to find Ibrahim Certificate Officer's report:
Nationality astray and Office in that was issued to the whole family. about his Office said anonymous letters tallily was lying • never been seen.
waited to moved and the All promises to Entry 'Unfortunately the Home Office file went not located until August: 1974.' Finally in September 1974 the precious Entry Certificate ..and immediately withdrawn. The Home It had received saying that the - these letters have A new interview with Ibrahim was set up for January 1975 but he had •did journey eventuallv take nace until MMarch.
issue Entry Certificates were retracted at interview and it was decided to visit the family in Hamidpur — apparently to interrogate other villagers.
The journey was put off until January 197, avoid the season', although the family had been forced to travel to Dacca at ail times of the year. This section of the Home Office report reads like something out of Rudyard Kipling, the Great White Hunters setting out for the unknown The fact that the family had done the twice the opposite direction in the rainy season is not commented on. this The officials flew to Sylhet Town, where they met a Landrover enough provisions for the week and the necessary They travelled nervousty as they bax wel been warned tha be hostile towards people driving over newly ploughed pady fickcs.".
The officials such Landrover slipped into the ditch and it was a miracle it did not turn over'; Some children threw half and quarter bricks at our Landrover and nearly smashed our rear window; a spade was to be their 'saving grace later on in the journey' as when they came to a "The When destination happened the village.
daughter brothers.
Appeal heard in equipment" absenct protes is fron to aroid the we In the died thought it worth details as: Our effective date If this steep sided stream they "managed to build up a ramp in places' At the health centre where the stayed the night they were shocked:
rooms were filthy windows had no glass or curtains They don't comment on how thi affected patients. The canoe they used to cross the river also disturbed them its waterproofing consisted of 'dung straw and earth'.
they reached their *Several very odd thine villagos approached them and without prompting said that Ibrahim •25 a liar, and not related to the peopk /ithout being devoured to see he officials returned and the fam issued the tire The brothers appealed and tareceived an appeal dare of Decoral 1979 — two years after the discassion was made and seven years after th original application. The case will be Manchester bors - the report that this artid de Hors Offo abmission to be af Bast Like la deal certificate stom Torahim is his father Te cign it he mini be appeal to come even if he wins the appeal. recent court decision has said that the on whether a child is admitted to Britain is the date an Entry Certificate is granted nor the date of application appeal fails then almost certainly Alia will also be over-age by the time he applies again.