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On Friday 13 November, Marjorie – whose story many of you will be familiar with from The Testimony Project website and launch – will find out whether she is to be reunited with her daughter Sweetny.

Marjorie has been separated from Sweetny for 7 years. The last time she saw Sweetny, Sweetny was 4 years old. She is now 11.

Since the death of Marjorie’s mother who was Sweetny’s guardian and only relative in Uganda, Sweetny has effectively been brought up by her boarding school, spending her holidays there while the other children go back to their families.

On Friday, Marjorie’s appeal against the Home Office’s refusal to allow Sweetny to enter the UK will be heard. She will be providing DNA evidence to demonstrate that she is indeed Sweetny’s mother (one of the grounds on which the refusal was based)

She asks for your support.

What you can do

(1) Show your commitment to Marjorie’s case by standing alongside her at court. The appeal will be heard at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, Taylor House, 88 Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4QU at 10am. Taylor House is about 5 minutes walk from Angel tube.

(2) Send an email of support to Marjorie at The Testimony Project by emailing info@testimonyproject.org All messages will be given to Marjorie before the hearing.

(3) Leave a message of support for Marjorie under her testimony on The Testimony Project website: www.testimonyproject.org/video/marjories-video-testimony

If you haven’t yet seen the video of Marjorie and Sweetny which includes footage from Uganda, it is still available on The Guardian website:
www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/video/2009/aug/07/asylum-seeker-visa

Thank you for lending your voice.

Holly Pelham
Director
The Testimony Project

+ 44 (0) 7989 540 704
www.testimonyproject.org