Boxing champion awaits deportation after fighting for England six times

14 December 2017 03:45
Kelvin Fawaz was a child when he came to the UK from Nigeria, a country that has said he cannot live there as he is not a citizenA boxing champion who has represented England six times has been arrested and locked in an immigration detention centre, pending deportation to Nigeria, a country that has said it won’t allow him to live there as he is not a citizen.Kelvin Fawaz, London’s current middleweight boxing champion, has been in the UK for 15 years, since he was a child. He is a gifted amateur boxer whom Team GB wanted to represent Britain in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, writing twice to the Home Office on his behalf. Continue readingread full article

Source: TheGuardian