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| Home Office threatens boy, 7, with deportation | |
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| The Home Office has written to a boy to tell him he must leave the country as he was born in Canada, despite the fact that his mother is a British national. | The Home Office has written to a boy to tell him he must leave the country as he was born in Canada, despite the fact that his mother is a British national. |
| Sara Leung, who has dual Canadian and British nationality, moved her family to Southport, Merseyside, in June 2012. | Sara Leung, who has dual Canadian and British nationality, moved her family to Southport, Merseyside, in June 2012. |
| Southport MP John Pugh said asking Jamie, 7, to leave his family showed a "lack of humanity and common sense". | Southport MP John Pugh said asking Jamie, 7, to leave his family showed a "lack of humanity and common sense". |
| The Home Office said it did not receive the right evidence to support his application to stay. | The Home Office said it did not receive the right evidence to support his application to stay. |
| In a letter addressed to Jamie, immigration officials wrote: "As you appear to have no alternative basis of stay in the United Kingdom you should now make arrangements to leave. | In a letter addressed to Jamie, immigration officials wrote: "As you appear to have no alternative basis of stay in the United Kingdom you should now make arrangements to leave. |
| "If you fail to do so voluntarily your departure may be enforced." | "If you fail to do so voluntarily your departure may be enforced." |
| 'Completely horrified' | 'Completely horrified' |
| Ms Leung left Canada after splitting up with Jamie's father and moved to Germany with new partner Heiko Khelifi when Jamie was a toddler. | Ms Leung left Canada after splitting up with Jamie's father and moved to Germany with new partner Heiko Khelifi when Jamie was a toddler. |
| The couple have a three-year-old son, Quinn, who was born in Germany, and 11-month-old daughter Elisha, who was born after the family moved to Southport close to relatives of Ms Leung. | The couple have a three-year-old son, Quinn, who was born in Germany, and 11-month-old daughter Elisha, who was born after the family moved to Southport close to relatives of Ms Leung. |
| Ms Leung said the letter from the Home Office arrived during her birthday celebrations and ruined her partner's planned marriage proposal. | Ms Leung said the letter from the Home Office arrived during her birthday celebrations and ruined her partner's planned marriage proposal. |
| She added: "I'm completely horrified that my son could be forcibly removed from me and taken out of the country in handcuffs, it makes me pretty sick." | She added: "I'm completely horrified that my son could be forcibly removed from me and taken out of the country in handcuffs, it makes me pretty sick." |
| Liberal Democrat MP Mr Pugh, who is helping the family fight the Home Office decision, said it was "surreal, odd and very, very unfortunate". | Liberal Democrat MP Mr Pugh, who is helping the family fight the Home Office decision, said it was "surreal, odd and very, very unfortunate". |