Thread: Immigrant 'broke his neck' to stay in UK

Immigrant 'broke his neck' to stay in UK
Sunday, February 10, 2008

An illegal immigrant apparently deliberately broke his neck in a desperate bid to avoid being deported, it has emerged.

The 34-year-old African is understood to have repeatedly hit his head against a wall while he was being held in a cell at an immigration centre.

Amadov Nyang broke three bones in his neck and was last night paralysed from the neck down and on a life-support machine.

Sources revealed that Mr Nyang was being held at the secure unit at Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre, near Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, after being arrested when it was found his British visa had expired.

A source who did not want to be named said: 'The three main vertebrae in his neck snapped. As a result he is paralysed and is a quadriplegic who is very unlikely ever to walk again – if he survives.'

Mr Nyang was discovered by an immigration officer who called for an ambulance and paramedics. He was taken from the 137-bed centre used to house men, women and families to a specialist trauma unit at St George's Hospital, in Tooting, South London, on January 31.

He remained there for a week before being transferred to the East Surrey Hospital, in Redhill, Surrey, on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Border and Immigration Agency officials at the Home Office were continuing to decide on his fate.

If the man survives, they will have to decide if he will be allowed to stay in Britain or sent back to his native land.

A Government spokesman said: 'We would only ever remove someone from the UK if they were fit to fly and to do so complied with the relevant human rights legislation.'

An investigation into how Mr Nyang was able to inflict such serious injuries on himself is under way.
http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/?p=5760
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.htm ... page_id=34

Well, I guess he'll get his wish and live in this neighborhood: