Before fleeing Sudan at the age of 14, Ambasir lived in fear of being killed or raped after his family was detained for participating in anti-government protests.
Arriving in the UK over two years ago, she attended school in Hove, East Sussex and is currently studying for the GCSE.
Along with her mother, Geehan Yassi, and her older sister, Enji Bashir, she integrated into the local community, learned English, and is now expected to do well in exams.
at least it was until then home office He rejected the family’s asylum application, arguing that there was no “sufficiently serious risk or threat” to their safety in Sudan.
“We have not been safe in Sudan since 2018. We live in fear of being killed, raped, threatened with detention and other unspeakable things. ‘, said the girl, now 16.
“We have never regretted standing up for freedom and justice for ourselves and for Sudan.
“Whenever I remember what happened, I would describe it as ‘a nightmare you can never forget’.
“We lived a safe life before things got worse. In 2018, President Omar al-Bashir started frustrating the country with his draconian rules.
“People were fed up with 30 years of dictatorship, arrests of political opponents, lack of freedom, poverty, hunger and high unemployment.
“People in Sudan fear the Janjaweed[militia-backed intelligence agency].”
Demonstrations across the country were met with violence and tear gas, leaving many dead and injured.
Anne’s mother Gihan and sister Enji, who was only 16 at the time, were detained for attending one of them in 2019.
Her father, whose name has not been released, has not been heard from since the family fled the country.
His loved ones believe he was killed for attending a national rally.
Despite this, the government refuses to allow Gihan, Ann, and Enji to continue living in the UK.
They were also forced to move from the house they lived in for two years in Hove to a moldy detention facility in the capital last year after their application was rejected.
They claim that the facility is so run down that masks often have to be worn.
As a result, Anne has to travel hours every day from London to Brighton to go to school, and her family goes to school to do so.
Hove Labor MP Peter Kyle said their case was irrefutable evidence that the UK’s asylum system was “broken”.
He said: “Anne is in her final year of study for her GCSE, and as part of the country’s asylum system, she is allowed to appeal and continue her studies.
“It would be a shame to drag her out of Hove, where she has a large circle of friends and support, and drop her into Tower Hamlet, sabotaging her studies at this crucial moment.
“Anne can grow up to be a doctor, scientist, or teacher and become a special person to this country.
“She should be allowed to complete her studies in Hove while her asylum application is pending.
“The fact that the Home Office is focusing on fatherless children shows how broken the system is.
“Shouldn’t criminals be our focus? Are defenseless children working hard to make ends meet in very difficult circumstances?”
Earlier this week, more than 300 students attended a 33-minute memorial service for Anne and her family.
That meant 33 days when his younger sister Enji was imprisoned for simply protesting when she was 16.
The memorial service was part of the SOS: Save Our Student campaign organized by Newman Cardinal School students.
Principal Claire German emphasized that Anne at least deserves to complete a full-time education in this country.
“Anne has a two-hour commute every morning and is very focused and hard working. She is never late and never misses a day of school.
“She really hates this fight and fears that if she is repatriated to Sudan the consequences will be very great, even fatal.
“At the center is a 16-year-old girl coping with unimaginable stress.
“Imagine the stress of studying for the GCSE, compounded by the fact that you could be sent back to a potentially dangerous place and not even know if your dad was alive or dead in that country. To do.
“It’s stressful. It’s unthinkable.”
A spokesperson for the Home Office declined to comment on the family’s allegations.
They said all asylum applications will be considered on their individual merits, in line with the asylum rules and the evidence presented.
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