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A dear friend of mine's husband is Syrian. She and her child are British. The husband was put under ridiculous pressure to join Assad's regime. Refused. This put him and them in extreme danger; they all fled.

She and the child are safely here. He isn't. He doesn't have the finances to meet the normal immigration rules. However me and a group of friends have arranged accommodation for them - free for him and the state. He'd love to work but understands if he can't; we can keep him fed. They have absolutely no intention of staying in the UK a second longer than they need to; they're a Syrian family and, not really surprisingly, want to live in, well, Syria.

Only they'd rather not get tortured or killed in the process. Some people can be so picky.

We've got a group which has written - individually - to the relevant minister. My MP happens to be Theresa May and I'm seeking a meeting with her; though as none of them live or would near me it's a little tenuous and she may not take the meeting.

I'd be almost pathetically grateful for thoughts on things I might be missing or things I could do to help that I'm not already.

Posted By: Old Man on September 30th 2015 at 00:00:17

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Random First Post Question (General Chat) - Old Man, Sep 30, 00:00:17
- I don't know whether these guys may be helpful from a legalities point of view (General Chat) - jAC, Sep 30, 07:56:24
- involve the local media (General Chat) - South_West_Canary, Sep 30, 07:21:03
- If he is married to a UK citizen which by the sounds of it he is (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 30, 00:19:56
  - He can't meet the financial criteria (General Chat) - Old Man, Sep 30, 00:21:55
    - I'm not sure how it works then if the sponsor (e.g. his spouse/wife) isn't able to support (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 30, 00:26:25
      - I think the problem is it doesn't work... (General Chat) - CWC, Sep 30, 07:39:41
      - Haven't. Thanks for the steer :) (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Sep 30, 00:35:15
- Richard Harrington MP, is the minister responsible for Syrian Refugees... (General Chat) - Vivid Data Shark, Sep 30, 00:17:03
  - Yep it's him we've all written to (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Sep 30, 00:17:37
- I don't understand, they all fled, but he's still there? (General Chat) - harry boulders, Sep 30, 00:10:37
  - I think the government should just swap pissed UK born citizens (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 30, 00:23:55
  - No he's in Turkey (General Chat) - Old Man, Sep 30, 00:19:22

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