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| Missing Nida Ul-Naseer, 18, vanished after university asylum row | Missing Nida Ul-Naseer, 18, vanished after university asylum row |
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| Missing teenager Nida Ul-Naseer was upset before her disappearance because her family's asylum-seeker status barred her from attending university. | Missing teenager Nida Ul-Naseer was upset before her disappearance because her family's asylum-seeker status barred her from attending university. |
| Her sister Shamyla made an emotional appeal at a press conference for the 18-year-old from Newport to return. | Her sister Shamyla made an emotional appeal at a press conference for the 18-year-old from Newport to return. |
| Sixth-form student Nida, from Pill, whose family is challenging a failed asylum bid, disappeared 11 days ago. | |
| Police have begun searching three sites - the Transporter Bridge, Lysaght Institute, and Pill Millennium centre. | Police have begun searching three sites - the Transporter Bridge, Lysaght Institute, and Pill Millennium centre. |
| At a press conference on Tuesday at Newport police station, Shamyla Naseer, 23, appealed for her sister to return home. | At a press conference on Tuesday at Newport police station, Shamyla Naseer, 23, appealed for her sister to return home. |
| "We are all worried about you," she said. | "We are all worried about you," she said. |
| "We all need you. We can't live without you. | "We all need you. We can't live without you. |
| "We're desperately worried about you. Please come back home. We need you at any cost." | "We're desperately worried about you. Please come back home. We need you at any cost." |
| Ms Naseer described her sister as a "very religious, very shy and quiet person and very lovely". | Ms Naseer described her sister as a "very religious, very shy and quiet person and very lovely". |
| Nida was desperate to go to university and the family had rowed about it just before she went missing. | Nida was desperate to go to university and the family had rowed about it just before she went missing. |
| She vanished after taking out the bins. She was wearing no shoes and had none of her possessions - phone, money or coat - with her at the time. | She vanished after taking out the bins. She was wearing no shoes and had none of her possessions - phone, money or coat - with her at the time. |
| Ms Naseer explained: "She wanted to go to university. It was not a dispute - she just wanted to go to university. | Ms Naseer explained: "She wanted to go to university. It was not a dispute - she just wanted to go to university. |
| "Because we are asylum seekers we are not allowed to go to university. | "Because we are asylum seekers we are not allowed to go to university. |
| "She was angry about that. She was very sad, she was very angry about her future." | "She was angry about that. She was very sad, she was very angry about her future." |
| But Ms Naseer replied "no comment" when asked how soon after the university row Nida disappeared. | But Ms Naseer replied "no comment" when asked how soon after the university row Nida disappeared. |
| The family sought asylum after coming to the UK from Pakistan five years ago. Their application was turned down a year ago and they are currently appealing. | The family sought asylum after coming to the UK from Pakistan five years ago. Their application was turned down a year ago and they are currently appealing. |
| 'Angry and crying' | 'Angry and crying' |
| Her father Naseer Tahir, 54, was visibly upset during the conference. | Her father Naseer Tahir, 54, was visibly upset during the conference. |
| Recalling the argument over university, he said: "We were very angry and crying. She worried about her education. | Recalling the argument over university, he said: "We were very angry and crying. She worried about her education. |
| "Maybe she thought I was lazy and not able to provide the education she wanted." | "Maybe she thought I was lazy and not able to provide the education she wanted." |
| He added that as "head of the family" he felt she blamed him. | He added that as "head of the family" he felt she blamed him. |
| He then made a direct appeal for his daughter to come home saying: "We miss you, we love you, we worry about your future." | He then made a direct appeal for his daughter to come home saying: "We miss you, we love you, we worry about your future." |
| Ms Naseer told the press conference her sister did not have a boyfriend and did not go out with any other friends apart from her sister. | Ms Naseer told the press conference her sister did not have a boyfriend and did not go out with any other friends apart from her sister. |
| She wanted to go to university to become a marketing manager or finance manager. | She wanted to go to university to become a marketing manager or finance manager. |
| "I think that not being able to go to university is the reason for her leaving," she said. | "I think that not being able to go to university is the reason for her leaving," she said. |
| South East Wales AM Mohammad Ashgar described Nida's whole family as "totally devastated and really worried" about her disappearance, adding that her mother has been unable to sleep. | South East Wales AM Mohammad Ashgar described Nida's whole family as "totally devastated and really worried" about her disappearance, adding that her mother has been unable to sleep. |
| He told BBC Radio Wales: "She's got three sisters and two brothers, and they're all... really worried about her." | He told BBC Radio Wales: "She's got three sisters and two brothers, and they're all... really worried about her." |
| Supt Mark Warrender, of Gwent Police, said investigators had checked her computer, her phone and her bank account and they remained "extremely anxious". | Supt Mark Warrender, of Gwent Police, said investigators had checked her computer, her phone and her bank account and they remained "extremely anxious". |
| 'Remains a mystery' | 'Remains a mystery' |
| He told reporters "substantial" amounts of CCTV footage was being examined, friends and family had been interviewed and officers had distributed leaflets around her home a week after she went missing. | He told reporters "substantial" amounts of CCTV footage was being examined, friends and family had been interviewed and officers had distributed leaflets around her home a week after she went missing. |
| "Despite all of this, Nida's disappearance remains a mystery," he said. | "Despite all of this, Nida's disappearance remains a mystery," he said. |
| On Tuesday afternoon, officers searched areas around the Transporter Bridge, the Lysaght Institute, which is a yard on Corporation Road, and Pill's Millennium Centre. | On Tuesday afternoon, officers searched areas around the Transporter Bridge, the Lysaght Institute, which is a yard on Corporation Road, and Pill's Millennium Centre. |
| When she was last seen, Nida was wearing jeans and a black top. | When she was last seen, Nida was wearing jeans and a black top. |
| She is of Asian-Pakistani appearance and has long dark hair, is slim and 5ft 3in (1.6m) tall. | She is of Asian-Pakistani appearance and has long dark hair, is slim and 5ft 3in (1.6m) tall. |
| Gwent Police have asked anyone with information to contact 101. | Gwent Police have asked anyone with information to contact 101. |