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| The UK Border Agency has ordered the release of a 10-year-old asylum seeker who tried to commit suicide while in detention. | |
| Adeoti Ogunsola and her mother Clementina were granted conditional temporary release from an immigration removal centre near Gatwick Airport. | Adeoti Ogunsola and her mother Clementina were granted conditional temporary release from an immigration removal centre near Gatwick Airport. |
| The pair, from Nigeria, can now appeal against their deportation which was due to take place on 22 October. | The pair, from Nigeria, can now appeal against their deportation which was due to take place on 22 October. |
| Adeoti had tried to strangle herself at the Tinsley House centre near Gatwick. | Adeoti had tried to strangle herself at the Tinsley House centre near Gatwick. |
| Three days earlier Adeoti had been moved from her aunt's house to the centre in anticipation that her and her mother would be flown back to Nigeria. | Three days earlier Adeoti had been moved from her aunt's house to the centre in anticipation that her and her mother would be flown back to Nigeria. |
| By law, because the girl has been released from detention she is now entitled to challenge her removal from the UK at the Immigration Appeals Tribunal. | By law, because the girl has been released from detention she is now entitled to challenge her removal from the UK at the Immigration Appeals Tribunal. |
| The mother and daughter were first detained in June after being refused asylum. Adeoti, said to be severely traumatised, was released after three weeks and allowed to stay with her aunt in Gillingham, Kent. | The mother and daughter were first detained in June after being refused asylum. Adeoti, said to be severely traumatised, was released after three weeks and allowed to stay with her aunt in Gillingham, Kent. |
| David Wood, strategic director of the criminality and detention group of the UK Border Agency, said: "We undertake regular detention reviews on all our cases, to ensure we only detain people when it is necessary and lawful to do so." | |
| The authorities must now decide the conditions of their release. Her lawyers said they feared that electronic tagging or regular visits to a police station could be too traumatic for the girl. | The authorities must now decide the conditions of their release. Her lawyers said they feared that electronic tagging or regular visits to a police station could be too traumatic for the girl. |
| Adeoti's lawyer, Mark Henderson, said he was now withdrawing a challenge to the deportation decision that was based upon a judicial review. | Adeoti's lawyer, Mark Henderson, said he was now withdrawing a challenge to the deportation decision that was based upon a judicial review. |
| Mr Henderson said there would instead be a "full merits appeal" at the tribunal. | Mr Henderson said there would instead be a "full merits appeal" at the tribunal. |