Zarine Rentia

EDM number 510 in 2007-08, proposed by Diane Abbott on 06/12/2007.
Categorised under the topic of Immigration.

That this House notes that Zarine Rentia, a Hackney resident and student at South Camden Community School has been threatened with deportation to India; further notes that Zarine has Fanconi-Bickel syndrome, a genetic disorder believed to occur in less than one in one million births, causing liver, kidney and intestinal problems together with severely stunted growth, and is receiving treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital; notes that Zarine is a popular member of her school and an active member of the school council as well as a committed student due to take her GCSEs in the Summer; further notes that if she is detained in immigration facilities proper medical treatment will not be available; and in the light of all of the above and the current campaign endorsed by her school and the wider community, urges the Home Secretary as a matter of urgency to allow her to remain in the United Kingdom on compassionate grounds.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.