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Frail 92-year-old living in fear of Xmas deportation
Heartless Home Office put grandmother at risk

A FRAIL 92-year-old grandmother could spend Christmas in a detention centre, her daughter said yesterday, as Theresa May’s immigration rules become ever more extreme.

South African Myrtle Cothill has been under threat of immediate deportation since October, after repeated appeals for compassion from her British family fell on deaf ears at the Home Office.

A petition calling for her to be allowed to stay reached over 12,000 signatures in the last 24 hours.

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