Pregnant woman and husband to be deported from Blackburn to separate countries (From Blackburn Citizen)
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Pregnant woman and husband to be deported from Blackburn to separate countries
8:00pm Thursday 30th July 2009 in News
BABY ON WAY: Failed asylum seekers husband and wife Vladimer and Diana, who live in Blackburn, face deportation to different countries
A YOUNG married couple who are expecting their first child are set to be deported - to separate countries.
Childhood sweethearts Vladimer Shakhbazyan and Diana Nadryan fled to England when Russia and Georgia were in midst of a bloody war a year ago.
But their visas have expired and Vladimer is set to be returned to Georgia, with pregnant Diana facing deportation to Russia.
The couple, who are living in Wimberly Street, Blackburn, said they would “do anything” to stay together and both fear for their safety if they are deported.
A local councillor has joined their fight to stay in the country but their chances are looking remote following a string of failed asylum applications.
Nadryan, 24, who is four months pregnant, said: “It’s like having a broken life. We have been through so much to be together and now we are getting sent to two different countries.
“If anything this has brought us closer together. We have done everything we can to stay together, but now our papers will not let us stay.”
The couple, who are Kurdish, met as children growing up in Georgia, but Diana’s family moved to Russia and she now has a Russian passport while Vladimer remained in Georgia.
Vladimer’s family refuse to accept their relationship because of cultural differences relating to their Kurdish background, and the couple say they would be hounded out of Georgia.
They have spent time living in Russia together but Vladimer, 25, who wants to be a fireman, said he had been beaten by Russian police and it became impossible to stay after the war broke out in August.
After fleeing Moscow they spent time living together in London as students but their visas expired and immigration judges have rejected their appeals to stay.
Vladimer said: “I try not to think about not seeing the baby, the most important thing is for it to be healthy.”
Lib Dem, councillor Sajid Ali, who represents Bastwell, is lobbying the authorities including Blackburn MP and former Home Secretary Jack Straw.
He said: “It is a very sad case, they should be allowed to be together.”
Comments(21)
Slimplynth
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9:40pm Thu 30 Jul 09
RAyzer
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10:13pm Thu 30 Jul 09
retired one
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11:12pm Thu 30 Jul 09
oneofthe6000
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1:42am Fri 31 Jul 09
warren2007
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7:28am Fri 31 Jul 09
derekberry
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9:43am Fri 31 Jul 09
shellywelly
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9:52am Fri 31 Jul 09
madari
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10:32am Fri 31 Jul 09
Why is it that every time an `Illegal' is threatened with deportation they always claim that they fear for their safety if deported,why dont they be honest and state the truth, and that is that all the freebies that they get in this country will be no more, that is the real reason for being in this country in the first place.
And as for Quote: `its like having a broken life`well there are plenty of children who are living a broken life....so without sounding racist i suggest they go back to wherever they came from and make their sob story public where it might get attention because the people of blackburn and especially the British born asians of the town ,and i know many, are fed up of these eastern europeans coming into Bburn with their their sob stories.
Chubbster
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11:24am Fri 31 Jul 09
Priceless!
ExForces
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11:44am Fri 31 Jul 09
blahblahblah
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2:54pm Fri 31 Jul 09
Akki
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5:29pm Fri 31 Jul 09
sidwaddo
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7:04pm Fri 31 Jul 09
NICEONESUNSHINE
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7:40pm Fri 31 Jul 09
Goodbye
Izenears
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10:36pm Fri 31 Jul 09
NICEONESUNSHINE
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9:50am Sat 1 Aug 09
Izenears wrote:Whats the problem?They can meet up again after deportation. They can live together in Russia or Georgia where they will not be a burden on the UK
Where is your compassion? This couple are going to be split up! We have hundreds of criminals in this country who aren`t being deported.
mebs
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11:49am Sat 1 Aug 09
sideways
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8:39pm Wed 5 Aug 09
sideways
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8:39pm Wed 5 Aug 09
Vladimer-Diana
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2:44am Mon 10 Aug 09
we are just referans numbers we are not human....
If i really could in live in my country i would nevar go throug of all this we are in hell belittled
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Tosh67 says...
8:49pm Thu 30 Jul 09