Mr Ward's office was compiling hundreds of signed letters supporting the Akhtars. They were last week sent on to Mark Harper, who is Minister for immigration, in the hope it would add weight in the family’s favour.
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By Telegraph & Argus | March 28, 2013
A Muslim missionary and his family who were being held at an immigration centre facing deportation to Pakistan are back in Bradford.
Supporters say Tanweer Akhtar is ecstatic for the temporary reprieve but is still waiting for a decision on their fate.
Mr Akhtar, 47, his wife Samina and son Usamah were released from Yarlswood Removal Centre in Bedfordshire on Wednesday and put on a train.
Amanda Mortimer, from Bradford Immigration and Asylum Support & Advice Network, said: “Their case is likely to have been judged as too complicated to consider on ‘fast track’ and needs a fair and proper hearing.
“They are all ecstatic to be released. However they do not yet have an asylum decision – this is expected within the next couple of days.”
The family had been detained at the centre since they were taken from their home in Sewell Road, Laisterdyke, by immigration officials on March 7.
The Akhtars’ asylum claim has won the support of Bradford East MP David Ward and hundreds of campaigners battling for their release and for them to be allowed to stay in the UK.
Mr Ward's office was compiling hundreds of signed letters supporting the Akhtars. They were last week sent on to Mark Harper, who is Minister for immigration, in the hope it would add weight in the family’s favour.
Supporters had feared if the Akhtars were sent back they could be imprisoned by the state authority and their lives could be at risk from persecuting extremist groups, including the Taliban, because of their beliefs as members of the Ahmadiyya religious community.
Mr Akhtar first came to England in 2010 on a student visa after his family were attacked in a street. Since then he has become a leading member of the Bradford Ahmadiyya community as well as volunteering with other organisations helping other asylum seekers.
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