Overstayers II

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Overstayers part 2: comments
Living without documents in this country is very difficult. I had to stay at home all the time, every day. I did nothing and just got more and more depressed. We were stopped by the police because we did not have seatbelts on. Questioned and then arrested because I had told them one name, and then they found this other person's bank card on me. This man had already returned to [...] and left the card for me (or someone like me) to use, with my friend. I was arrested at my home at the end of December [...], Immigration Officers came to my houseand were looking for me in particular. They didn't explain why they were looking for me or how they had information about me. the police came looking for a person that I was staying with - I rented a room. They asked for my papers as well and arrested me. They took me to the police station and then here. 7.30 in bed, the police bmm bmm bmm open the door up - name? I says yeah, they says "we're arresting you on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant". I thought you're joking, you don't have to do this, speechless. Girlfriend comes running down, "what's happening?", I said "I'm gonna go". "No, you can't do that"... took me to the police station. I was like, listen, before I went, I didn't even know what to take. I grabbed my phone, grabbed my laptop, and whatever money was lying around, probably around 20 quid or something. So off to the police station. Sunday night I was in police custody, Monday morning they took me from Derby down to Gatwick, and informed me that I am on a flight Tuesday morning back to [...]. I thought this can't be happening. Luckily, I don't know what happened, the flight for Tuesday got cancelled. So I was in the kitchen, cooking so forth and suddenly goes bang. It was the police [...] First time I'd been to [...]. Just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Well I was driving to work that morning and they stopped me for a routine check. They checked everything in my car, the insurance, the registration number and my driving licence. Everything was OK. They sent my details to the police station to check if I was a criminal, which I am obviously not, and it resulted that I was a missing person. I was in a car with a friend. We got stopped by the police and had our documents checked. My friend was driving but we were both found to be here illegally and we were arrested and brought to [...] Now I just want to go. [...] I'll leave but I will return - I'll get sponsorship from my mother or my husband. I'll do it through legal channels. Source: These are extracts from the Home Office On Line Report 20/05: A survey of the illegally resident population in detention in the UK which can be found here.

Overstayers part 2: comments

Living without documents in this country is very difficult. I had to stay at home all the time, every day. I did nothing and just got more and more depressed.

We were stopped by the police because we did not have seatbelts on. Questioned and then arrested because I had told them one name, and then they found this other person's bank card on me. This man had already returned to [...] and left the card for me (or someone like me) to use, with my friend.

I was arrested at my home at the end of December [...], Immigration Officers came to my houseand were looking for me in particular. They didn't explain why they were looking for me or how they had information about me.

the police came looking for a person that I was staying with - I rented a room. They asked for my papers as well and arrested me. They took me to the police station and then here.

7.30 in bed, the police bmm bmm bmm open the door up - name? I says yeah, they says "we're arresting you on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant". I thought you're joking, you don't have to do this, speechless. Girlfriend comes running down, "what's happening?", I said "I'm gonna go". "No, you can't do that"... took me to the police station. I was like, listen, before I went, I didn't even know what to take. I grabbed my phone, grabbed my laptop, and whatever money was lying around, probably around 20 quid or something. So off to the police station. Sunday night I was in police custody, Monday morning they took me from Derby down to Gatwick, and informed me that I am on a flight Tuesday morning back to [...]. I thought this can't be happening. Luckily, I don't know what happened, the flight for Tuesday got cancelled.

So I was in the kitchen, cooking so forth and suddenly goes bang. It was the police [...] First time I'd been to [...]. Just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Well I was driving to work that morning and they stopped me for a routine check. They checked everything in my car, the insurance, the registration number and my driving licence. Everything was OK. They sent my details to the police station to check if I was a criminal, which I am obviously not, and it resulted that I was a missing person.

I was in a car with a friend. We got stopped by the police and had our documents checked. My friend was driving but we were both found to be here illegally and we were arrested and brought to [...]

Now I just want to go. [...] I'll leave but I will return - I'll get sponsorship from my mother or my husband. I'll do it through legal channels.

Source: These are extracts from the Home Office On Line Report 20/05: A survey of the illegally resident population in detention in the UK which can be found here.

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