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Honestly -
you become a minor celebrity and the rules go out of the window .
Honestly -
you become a minor celebrity and the rules go out of the window .
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Good post. Seems she is just being treated fairly. No doubt like many other folk, just we're hearing about this because it's Gamu.
I repeat, the govt is not carrying any deportations to zimbabwe at the moment. What has it to do with being a celebrity, minor or not?
Becasue being a celebrity in the UK helps - you get treated differently .
I am sorry, but its simply not true. ANYONE seeking asylum has rights to appeal.
Why do you say things like this?
What is the agenda you really are trying to push?
Of course, others can appeal
Thanks jagged cat - sense at last prevails
Yes, of course that is true - and it applies to people born in England as much as people born in Zimbabwe
But you are stating that she is staying in the country because she is a celebrity, and the truth is that because of concerns about human rights issues in Zimbabwe, no deportations are being carried out there right now. It has simply nothing to do with Gamu appeaing on X Factor
My point is that being someone gets you advantages - just for Gamu aS for any other celebrity in the UK .But this proves that if you get well known and have people behind you the Government treats you differently .So in the UK everyone is not equal really
One person agrees with you, so from that you assume sense prevails:D
I can tell you what does not make sense; People arriving here from another part of Europe with a criminal record, who do not have to declare that criminal record, and then go and rape and murder some poor woman here. Why dont you sound off about that?
No, no, let's concentrate on a young X Factor performer, whose family's solicitor is exercising a perfectly legal right to appeal a judgement in the same way as others could in similar circumstances
Nobody thinks everyone in the UK is equal.
But Gamu's family
1) has the same legal right of appeal that anyone does, no more of less
2) has not been deported because of the country of her birth, not because of her celebrity status
The point you made in your OP is simply not factually true.
In regards to her immigration status, Gamu has not received any special treatment whatsoever from the govt.
With regards to Gamu, I wish you and your inaccurate and racist posts would be deported from this site.
Now that would be karma.
How are JC's posts racist? I will give you inaccurate as I cannot beleive that right to appeal isn't, well, a right, but where has he been racist? Has there been something on another thread?
Maybe some "celebrities" are in a greater position to get the right advice and use it, but the OP's "rules go out the window" stuff is clearly nonsense.
Dunno where my post went, heh. :rolleyes:
This is wrong. The ban on deportations to Zimbabwe has been lifted.
I think the whole situation was badly handled by X Factor. Wasn't there a Brazilian in 'So You Think You Can Dance' whose work permit had expired? The guy was an exceptional dancer and a very likely winner, but when his residency status came to light, NIgel Lithgow announced on air that they were sorry, they would love to keep him on the show, but they couldn't because of his legal status. He then invited him to get the matter sorted out and return for the next series. They could have done something along the same lines with Gamu and avoid all the furore. Unless they whipped it up deliberately, of course, which I would rather not believe because it would be a cynical manipulation of a rather vulnerable human being.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11679562
One of the few worthy contenders for asylum in the UK.