Kenya Asian

Workers Press no. 282, 22 October 1970 · scan pages 2, 5

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militant action in the ranks.

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girl's stay limited bureaucracy.

THE NEWLY formed Immigration Appeal Tribunal yesterday refused Miss Shaheen Lakdawalla, a Kenya Asian, the capitalist class, it rests on permission to stay in Britain indefinitely. the working class which can force it to act in times of real In legal terms they have danger. always said it', commented Miss Lakdawalla. "There is no future for me if I go the bureaucracy will change for the better under such pressure. The more workers fight to make it act on their behalf, the more they will ex£1,250 Fund to raise

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This can only be effective provided it Although it is an agency of -This does not mean that ally broke to the surface at yesterday's TUC teach-in on the links between international capital.

Delegates drew attention to international threat by the Ford combine to close their plants in various countries when they were hit by disputes, the attempts to transter component production when strikes threatened and the sacking threat to sections of expatriate workers in Europe.

The dominance of US capital was emphasized and the dangers of factory transfers to low wage areas to force down rates where unions were strong.

But instead of a programme to rouse labour internationally against these

back to Kenya because I cannot work. I can only go there as a tourist.' Miss Lakdawalla, 20—who vas granted a Iz-month entry certificate in October 1968 tc come to Britain as a student -was born in Kenya and issued with a British passport in 1965.

She applied for an extension to her permit in September 1969 to allow her • to continue her studies.

When this was refused she applied for a new passport which would enable her to stay in Britain permanently, the only difference between this passport and the one she held being the country of its issue.

She was refused this and consequently appealed to the Tribunal.

Representing her, Miss K. S. Nathan said:

'She has no travel document. All she can do is to go to the British Home Office and ask for a passport.'