Darfuri teenager killed himself after being told – wrongly – of deportation

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/darfuri-teenager-killed-himself-after-being-told-ndash-wrongly-ndash-of-deportation-1990011.html

In Britain on Christmas Eve 2007 a prison guard gave Abdullah Hafar Idris a document. Abdullah had been in prison to wait until Britain decided he could stay or he had to leave. On Christmas Day they opened the doors to Abdullah’s prison cell. Abdullah was found lifeless hanging by his bed sheets. Abdullah who couldn’t read properly read the documents and came to the conclusion that he had to leave Britain an return to Darfur, which he left so he wouldn’t be prosecuted. If he had been able to talk to a solicitor he would have known the opposite was true. That the document he received said that he was granted to stay in the United Kingdom. He would also know that Brittain did not send immigrants back to Darfur because of the violence. Abdullah Hagar Idris would have known that his claim was accepted and that he would have a live.

I find this ridicules. That they give an Immigrant who has been waiting in prison and might not have any knowledge of the English knowledge a document in English and have him read it. This is a huge mistake that the government made. They could give the document and ask him if he can read it. With just one question it could have turned out different. I don’t understand that they do not have someone that helps these people. Is this a result of the credit crunch. Britain is a country with so much nationalities and half of them don’t even speak proper English even British people themselves have problems and they expect from a scared immigrant that he must read a document. Is this document in plain English or in legal terms, if so it makes it even more stupid. I have trouble reading legal documents in my mother tongue.