How Classmates Saved 14-Year Old Nigerian Boy, Nonso Muojeke And Family From Deportation In Ireland
In a commendable and courageous way, the classmates of 14-year-old Nigerian boy, Nonso Muojeke have saved he and his family from being deported from Ireland.
Students and teachers at Nonso’s school, Tullamore College protested outside Leinster House, and presented a petition to Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan in an attempt to stop the deportation order which was issued in June, 2017.
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It was gathered that 2-year old Nonso, his mom and elder brother arrived in Ireland from Nigeria, after his father died in 2006. His mom had relocated to Ireland to escape ill-treatment but her application for an asylum was declined and the family was served a deportation order.
An application for humanitarian leave was refused in 2017, with the Irish Naturalization and Immigration Service- INIS telling them that it was time for them to return to their country, Nigeria.
Classmates of Nonso, however, shared a petition that was signed by 22,000 people, asking that the deportation order be revoked. They opined that it would be unfair for Nonso to return to a country he didn’t know since he had lived all his life till now in Ireland.
Fortunately, the Department of Justice listened to their plea by revoking the order, and the Muojeke family is now free to live and work in Ireland.
An elated Nonso was reported to have said:
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“I would like to thank the Minister [for Justice] for the humane way in which he handled my case. I am very grateful to my friends, my school, the Tullamore community and everyone else who has supported me. I am really looking forward to my future here in Ireland.
I didn’t really expect it to come so soon, I would have expected another year or two. When I heard it at 1 o’clock in the morning, my mom woke me up just to tell me, she was so happy, she kept on talking about it, she was texting Joe and Ann and all the people who supported us.
I was mostly thinking about what’s going to happen now, what’s going to happen in my future? We’ve been reading the documents, how we have to go through everything to finally solidify the residency process.”
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Minister Flanagan has confirmed that the Muojeke family has been granted leave to remain in Ireland.
The petition to stop his deportation was signed by 22,000 people. The Muojeke family has since confirmed the news but appealed for privacy at this time.