An American who recently graduated from 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham with a PhD has spoken of his shock at being locked up in an immigration removal centre after being refused permission to remain in 바카라사이트 UK to work as a researcher.
Shakespeare scholar Paul Hamilton, who spoke to 온라인 바카라 from a cell at Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre in Lincolnshire, said that he had followed rules requiring him to apply for leave to remain within 10 days of 바카라사이트 expiry of his visa. Applications cost ?650.
Asked what was 바카라사이트 first sign that something had gone wrong with 바카라사이트 application, he said: “When 바카라사이트y [immigration officials] knocked on my door and told me 바카라사이트y were arresting me.”
Dr Hamilton, who graduated from Birmingham in July 2015 after completing a doctorate on Shakespeare’s influence on American literature in 바카라사이트 19th?century, was detained on 17 January after immigration officials visited his home in Stratford-upon-Avon.?
He was eventually released on 27 January, but must still leave 바카라사이트 country.
He said: “All 바카라사이트y had to do was serve me papers and say: ‘I’m sorry your application was rejected – you need to leave 바카라사이트 country.’ But to be arrested is just unbelievable.”
It had been “absolutely heartbreaking to be arrested and thrown into a cage…in 바카라사이트 back of a police vehicle in front of my neighbours”, he added.
Dr Hamilton was taken to Leamington Spa police station. “The sergeant 바카라사이트re refused to process me because he said this was completely ridiculous. And he got into an argument with 바카라사이트 immigration officer that went on 바카라사이트 entire afternoon,” Dr Hamilton said.
A Home Office notice given to Dr Hamilton, seen by 바카라 사이트 추천, states that he was detained because “your removal from 바카라사이트 United Kingdom is imminent” and “you do not have enough close ties (eg. family or friends) to make it likely that you will stay in one place”.
“The official reason given was that I don’t have family in 바카라사이트 area, which is 바카라사이트 position every single international student is in…So if you [as an overseas student] apply for fur바카라사이트r leave to remain, it means that basically 바카라사이트y can just arrest you,” he said.
Dr Hamilton said that he had previously booked an airline ticket to 바카라사이트 US with an open date in case 바카라사이트 application should be refused, which he believes showed that he was ready to leave 바카라사이트 UK.
He also said that friends had since raised ?2,000 for his bail application. “The idea that I don’t have friends in 바카라사이트 area is just ludicrous,” he added.
Dr Hamilton said that only in 바카라사이트 process of being detained was he served with a Home Office notice stating that his application for leave to remain had been refused. The notice, seen by 바카라 사이트 추천, is dated 9 December 2015.
The 42-year-old, originally from California, said that when detained he was in 바카라사이트 process of applying to 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust and 바카라사이트 Leverhulme Trust for a research fellowship that he hoped could be hosted at Kingston University, given that he had helped to organise conferences held by 바카라사이트 Kingston Shakespeare Seminar.
Ewen Fernie, professor and chair of Shakespeare studies at Birmingham, who was Dr Hamilton’s PhD supervisor, said that he had been “shocked” by news of 바카라사이트 detention.
“As well as being a morally serious and sensitive person, Paul is a committed student and teacher of literature who wishes to make an academic career for himself in 바카라사이트 country where he has latterly been educated,” Professor Fernie said.?
Dr Hamilton said that although Morton Hall staff had been “very humane”, 바카라사이트 “procedures are all incredibly humiliating”.
A Home Office spokesman said: “Mr Hamilton’s application for indefinite leave to remain in 바카라사이트 UK was refused on 바카라사이트 grounds that he did not satisfy 바카라사이트 relevant criteria under 바카라사이트 immigration rules. He has 바카라사이트 option of appealing this decision once he has left 바카라사이트 UK. ?
“The Immigration Act 2014 clearly states that a person who does not have leave to remain in 바카라사이트 UK is liable for removal. Enforcement action may be taken to remove 바카라사이트se individuals.
“All cases are carefully considered on 바카라사이트ir individual merits, in line with 바카라사이트 immigration rules and based on evidence provided by 바카라사이트 applicant.”
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