My dad had a good job and we had quite a good life. Everything was normal and we were a very happy family. The move to the UK was proving a great success.
However, this all changed in 2007. The pride of winning a seat on the Leicester Young People's Council was wiped out when I found out that I might have to go back to my home country of Zimbabwe. My father was stopped from working because of issues with his work permit. His employers did not process it correctly and this caused the Home Office to decline our application to stay here.
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