‘Britain has been my home for 14 years. Now I’m being kicked out – and I have to leave my sick mother behind’

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We are both taking care of each other.” A GP letter submitted to the Home Office detailed that Asma’s mother Amna “suffers with severe anxiety, depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following years of abuse and stress”. Asma Khan is caring for her ill mother, who has been given the right to appeal her asylum refusal “In 2016, the Home Office refused my case and they said you are not allowed to continue any further education, nothing at all. She said: “The Home Office don’t understand what she will face if she returns to Pakistan, and they minimised the violence Amna suffered. “As two lone women, they would struggle to relocate to another place in Pakistan, so would face having to return to the family they fled from.” Loraine Masiya Mponela, a community organiser based in Coventry, said: "I came to know Asma and her mum in 2022 and we have remained in touch since.