A FAILED Sheffield asylum seeker who is battling to stay in the UK so his sick children can receive medical attention has been given a glimmer of hope after winning an appeal in the High Court.
Claude Ndeh, aged 42, of Heeley, claims he faces oppression if he is sent back to his homeland of Cameroon.
Two of Mr Ndeh's young children have sickle-cell anaemia and need medical care – which they would have difficultly obtaining in Africa.
Mr Ndeh was in fear of being deported after his solicitors were refused permission for a judicial review of the Home Office decision not to grant asylum.
But he took his fight to the High Court in London where judges ruled the decision was illegal.
His delighted supporters said the next step was for Mr Ndeh to apply for a Judicial Review.
Mr Ndeh was a French teacher but fled to Britain six years ago.
He claims he was tortured and imprisoned for 18 months for protesting against the executions of nine schoolboys.
Mr Ndeh met and married fellow Cameroonian Magolit in the UK and the couple, had three children – Cyril, aged three, and 15-month-old twins Gael and Kirsty.
Cyril and Kirsty both suffer sickle-cell anaemia and will require regular medical treatment for the rest of their lives to prevent the risk of infections, due to blocked blood vessels, and strokes.
The family face deportation but their supporters say if deported the twins are unlikely to live past the age of five.
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