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The man is not smart. He thought living for a long time without papers would make him a whiteman. He refused to visit home during all the 42 years that is why he never thought about papers. What is he going to do in Ghana now ...
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Your comment is sad. You have no idea what others go through. If you can’t express any sympathy, better not comment at all.
The man was just negligent a former accounting student shd have known better.
Does not matter whether negligent or not his is a British citizen. He should have lobbied his local MP in the first instance to take this up with the home office. The home office in UK have become emboldened because of the m ...
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>Does not matter whether negligent or not his is a British citizen.
Oh really? Has he got a British passport then or he's still on our blessed Ghanaian passport and assuming to be British? [See 2nd paragraph of article].
You are wrong in your assumptions.You do not become a British citizen by virtue of having lived in the UK for a long time.You become a British citizen by birth or through naturalisation.
It is important to understand that i ...
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Well said
@Jah..... You are right, but this chap, although he has been naive, he was actually born in the Gold Coast in 1950. So, by virtue of his birth, he was British. The laws have changed over the years but he cannot be deported. ...
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He was a British Subject NOT a British Citizen during Gold Coast Era. Besides, he went to Britain as a Ghanaian Citizen in 1977, ten years after independence. So, your argument does not hold water.
@Kweku, T he term "British Subject" was applicable to all Brits at the time irrespective of being born in Gold Coast, Hong Kong or Edinburgh. Jah, made a point about circumstance of birth in terms citizenship, hence my co ...
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Once again. we were not British Citizens under colonialism. It was a master and servant relationship. ..Colonialism is defined as an act of political and economic domination involving the control of a country and its people b ...
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@Kwaku, the topic is not about pros and cons of colonialism. Your perception are not facts. Just type into your browser.... When did Britain start using the term "British Citizen"? you will get a definitive answer. OK! The ...
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REALLY??? Hmmm just listen to yourself.
I'm not sure he was naive... He knew what was at stake and thought that over time, because his accent has changed and has children, he's qualified to be British.
Daddy pls come back home. We miss you wai... You've enjoyed s ...
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That's exactly what makes him naive, the assumption that longevity confers automatic citizenship.
This is absolutely misleading you don't become a citizen of any foreign nation without application.
You can stay for 100 years in UK if you don't apply to be citizens no one will force to make you one.the man educated iletra ...
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Exactly. Spot on
Fa ma nyame people. You think that the UK is like Ghana? They are serious about life issues. Nonsense people!
It does matter. Living in a country for a long time without acquiring the necessary documentation does make you a citizen of that country. Even a shithole country Ghana is telling people who have been living in the country lo ...
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go over your post and do necessary correction. You message isn't clear.
Also mind your language. Ghana isn't a shithole is you portray it.
Even in Ghana, if you have stayed here as a foreigner for any number of years, will you automatically become a Ghanaian without applying for citizenship? Absolutely not! No country in this world can make you a citizen by forc ...
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YOU LEAVE YOUR MOM FOR 42 FUCKING YEARS AND YOU THOUGHT SOMEONE'S HOME WAS YOUR HOME
You become a citizen of Ghana after staying illegally for 10 years and above.
Foli foli, even if that is so, UK is not Ghana and they have their own laws
It’s so sad, he should have known better, he is lying any immigrant knows his legal status you waited until your mom died before knowing your legal status? Fanti warriors siblings
A signature of our cousins, the canoe users. They always feel too comfy in foreign lands and never return to their ancestral homes.
No! he is right.
The story does not add up.
Hey DotCom, i have no sympathy for this man. We should stop this reckless living and get real.
Even, the young Asian walking on the streets of the UK know that they have moved to a different country and there are some laws ...
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MASA, after getting married to British women on two different occasions, he could have gotten the needed documents as British citizen!
Whatever people go through doesn't not negate the fac that the man was negligent and behaved like an informed illiterate. How on earth can you live all these years in the UK without applying for indefinite leave to remain? NO ...
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Nothing sad about his comment. We use our emotions in Ghana hence the sorry state of the country. The mam failed to do the right thing and now wants sympathy.
He id right. There are a lot of people like thst is the UK. The behaviour is more white than the whites, I have come a cross more
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Which passport is he holding now?
Before applying for a staying permit you must have a valid passport. In his case after 42years outside Ghana soil l don't know whether lawfully he is still a Ghanaian.
Never served Ghana.
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@Kwadwo, am afraid you are spewing a lot of absolute tosh! Do you know the difference between "Jus Soli and Jus Sanguinis"?. Bugger your ignorance and look for the meanings of the two legal terms that determines citizenship ...
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He was coming to Ghana because his mom passed and had to attend her funeral and that was 2019.
He married 2 white women and still did not secure his papers,...the man has been very very careless. He reminds me of a relative of mine, a very good man, but very careless. Anyway, the law is not merciful to the ignorant or ...
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Read the story good to understand it. The have paper the staying permit but he now need a passport to travel to Ghana. I don't know why he don't want Ghana passport, he can also travel with Ghana passport.
Sam, your people are notoriously not serious.
Even Ghana card and he can stay in Ghana forever. Honestly don’t know the basis of him thinking he was a British Citizen and what grounds of passport he was going to apply
He can travel on Ghana passport but will be refused entry on his return to UK.At the airport he will have to prove that he lives legally in the UK. Legally he doesn't have the leave to live in the UK Indefinitely.
You should the article again well, there is no where it says he has paper, he doesn't have anything. If he has paper he could travel to Ghana with a Ghana passport.
This is like where the Bible says, if you want to become a citizen of heaven eternally, believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, and call on the name of the Lord and be saved.
Then you decide to ignore this application or formal ...
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Stupid man Aleste gbonto, old fool.. is better to buy aletse car with your sweat than a man shoving your anus unto the heavens for gay sex for money to buy a good car. Stupid gay prostitute. Money worshippers who love money t ...
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Wow! A great illustration!!
Is it only through Jesus Christ that one can go to heaven? Did Moses and Abraham go to heaven through Jesus Christ? Whoever does the will of God can go to heaven.
Kwabena Ohemeng, Jesus said in the Bible: I am the way, the truth and the life. NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME. He is the only man in history that has had the audacity to say this point blank, without mincing words and ...
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you are right
KWASI>>>>>the British are not as nasty as the Germans. This man will definitely get his stay.The British actually did treat commonwealth citizens with respect.It is us who started abusing their hospitality.A commonwealth per ...
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@ Omane...Sometimes I wonder what colonization has done to some of us Ghanaians! You claim the British are not as nasty as the Germans? What an ignorant statement to make! Somehow we prefer to eat the crumbs of the supposedly ...
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@Kwaku..... The Dutch which you seem to adore and cherish colonised certain parts of the Gold Coast from 1612 to 1872. Can you tell me the sort of infrastructure they left in Ghana in terms of schools, roads, hospitals, rai ...
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This man is very funny, living in uk for 60yrs doesn’t make u a British, Al fayet the owner of Harold’s, in London and Argos employs many people in uk but was refused uk citizenship, he should have been deported for stayi ...
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@Kofi UK..... stop displaying your ignorance. Al Fayed never owned Argos. He was refused citizenship because of the lies that he told. His brother was given one without a problem. You can find out the truth about Fayed by r ...
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Absolutely, the man has been careless and reckless.
After all these worries living abroad, your people in Ghana won’t stop bothering you for money for their birthdays and funerals and marriages. Meanwhile, you don’t even celebrate your own birthday. Brothers and sisters ba ...
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He’s been negligent. His sons are British and he has the “right to family life”
This case should be easy. He never bothered to apply for a passport. I guess he has never left the Uk for holidays , typically to Spain ...
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And he married two British women but did not formally apply for his British citizenship? Hmmm asem o.
Can you imagine ? He has himself to blame
The only time the fool Bastie spoke the truth. Good job fool. Keep it up.
Eei Naija, you like fight oo. You dey call a fool mister. If you're giving him that reverence by calling him a mister why add fool? Do you want to say he is a fool but a dignified one? Let peace reign.
One Zoo animal has escaped Kirikiri prison.
First time this mad man has commented on an article not related to Asantehene or Asanteman
You only see what you're looking for. You're the epitome of lunacy. Who the hell is Asantehene? He's nothing to me.
Or Nigerians ,the dog is off drugs in the last 2days.
Yh of course he only comment on articles related to Ashantis or Nigeria, he’s insane
You cannot gag me to comment on what you want. MMOA
Bastie ne gyimie de3, 3y3 fun. Today that you've set history to write sensibly, you are deviating to spew your stupid stuff again. Hmm, gyimie 3nni aduro ampa.
Your father fool pass everyone. I'm smarter than the idiot who raped your mother to conceive you.
How can a man write so foolishly? You're very uncouth, Bastie.
Sis, leave this fool. He can never change. It seems his hatred for women is congenital.
Ashawo … you didn’t see what they wrote about me?
Aaah.. go and use baby wipe to clean your stinky vaginas .
No Zoogerialogy from Bastie this time.
Ghana with entitlement. You did not migrate to the UN as a citizen, you made no attempt to acquire citizenship and you expect it to just be given to you.
You go hear wahara in your head when you married a British woman to do your documents you take the Country for granted and now you are crying come back home if they refuse you then you have somewhere called Ghana where Nana A ...
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How can you assume to be British? Whiles you have not applied for citizenship and received certificate or Naturalization from a court or Home office. His case is liken to a man who is free to a girl or woman and assume. She i ...
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they should bring him home, its very simple a log in the lake for 30yes does not make it a crocodile. come home joe darky
U could use that to apply for jobs and many old generations did that without holding a passport... This must have been the car and he never travelled to Ghana or holidays to so didn't realise he is not settled. First he shoul ...
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YOU FILLED THE WRONG FORM. HOW? MOREOVER YOU NEVER APPLIED FOR THEIR CITIZENSHIP. TAKING A NATION TO COURT. THINK BEFORE YOU MOVE. THINK MARRIAGE GIVES YOU THAT CITIZENSHIP. IS ONLY A OPPORTUNITY BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR LAWS ...
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Yoo guys this man we talking about came in the 70s when uk was uk. The rules were abit relaxed. If you had lived in the uk for 10yrs you can apply for documents. From 2010 coming down the immigration rules keep changing. So y ...
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So how were you proving your status in this country when asked. What passport were you showing to them.anyway why did your first marriage end.did she cheat on u.u have a lot to answer. Colonial man in UK
This is nonsense, you can't just assume you have the right to remain in the UK cos u ve lived there since 1977. It's stupidity, this colour black di333, gyimie nkoaaa
What's the big deal. In Ghana you are not automatically Ghanaian even if you are born in Ghana and have lived your whole life here if your parents are not Ghanaian.
By the way, did you complete your Accountancy studies? The Uk home office deals with laws ana regulation. You cannot be in Uk for 42 years without having the relevant papers! Your lackacidical attitude has not helped you. ...
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How was the marriage legal means, and now this problems? Paying taxes all the years was welcome.
So how come he didn’t apply for citizenship when he married bizarre
@Atonka, maybe his marriages were not legal, duly and properly registered in court while he was living in UK. He thought having children in UK with British women would have made him a citizen.
Akonta,if he had indefinite right to stay in the UK,he could keep his Ghana passport.The problem is,in such a situation,he would have to permanently keep the passport with the indefinite leave to stay in the UK stamped in.
W ...
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The man is a typical frivolous Ghanaian who could be using his status as a foreign student to work in UK even after completing his studies. He cheated the system for far too long and never realized the setbacks. He should com ...
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@Kwami, shove you ignorance where it belongs! UK, has different and better rules for commonwealth citizens unlike your flawed democratic USA where people can be deported after living there for decades. Although, the guy ha ...
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The UK Home office is full of foolish people ! Mmoa
The law is the law. He's to be blamed. The Home Office and the passport office will not issue you with a British Passport just because you're a long stayer. You must be eligible.
Mr Shared, you need to apply for permanent residence(ILR) before applying for a British passport.Your method of applying for status to be allowed to reside in the UK is wrong. You need ILR before British citizenship. Unfortun ...
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I am not sure he is getting the best legal advise, he also qualify under a 20 year long stay in the UK, his lawyers should be advising him to consider this option.....all the same I am shock.
Perfect
I beg to differ. I think since the man has never committed any offence in the UK, he must be considered on moral grounds. He also worked to help the UK economy. If this case had affected a British citizen living Ghana, I don' ...
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Such Ghanaian -thinking is why the country is disorganised.
Do you that this is a unique case which happens rarely? Because people keep to the rules and there are records.
Related to a high ranking Minister in Nkrumah's government, I've 4 cousins who went to UK in the early 60s but never came back. Very sad, but I have no sympathy for him.
All migrants to the UK must know this: IT IS NOT the responsibility of your host country to inform you about legal opportunities and links that may be open to you. Linking up to a spouse may not help you here either. Most ord ...
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This man forgot the right thing to do, first of all you have to secure your papers before everything UK is not like Ghana, thinking that you have been here long time make you citizen
Read about deported Jamaicans , Windrush, staying longer doesn't make you citizen or legal.
As long you're black you're an African.
@fante warrior your cousin wasn’t smart enough, he waited till his mom MOT before decided to come home, AMONZEE , birds with the same feathers fly together
There is something obviously not quite right with this particular case.The man was naive or has not been telling the truth.
I will explain. I went to the UK from Ghana around 1973 with a student visa.The course was for 3 yea ...
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Agye Gon.
Why not sort out your paperwork? Just doesn’t add up!
There is something fishy about that. Like he wanted to avoid the authorities. He could have paid very less fees back in those days.
Mr Nelson, the home affairs office is right. The did nothing wrong. You have been living in the UK for over 50 years, and foolishly assuming that you are a British.
You never applied to stay in the UK permanently for so ...
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Endless amounts of people in Europe go through this every day.
Today the chance to make money and good living is here in Ghana and not in that that overcrowded run down place .
Come back home and eat good food.
He is lucky, The British Government is being tolerant towards him, had it been in Germany, he would be on a deportation flight, kissing his properties goodbye. Not to talk of getting the chance to buying those properties.
Koo Darkie
Too Late. He never took applying for the Rightful Papers that will allow him Permanent Stay, very Serious. Or he is not telling us the True Story.
The UK or England as l know them always short change blacks.The Shardey man should have been given British citizenship long ago.l will try to give reasons.He has stayed and worked in London for a long time and has been paying ...
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He still needs to apply for a permanent residency Indefinite Leave to Remain. Then after 5 years of stay . He qualifies to apply for a British Passport.
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I don't know his problem. If you were not born there then you have to apply for Permanent Resident if approve and you leave there for some years then you can apply for citizenship. I feel sorry for this happening but honestly ...
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Obviously the man is not smart. Doesn't he know he has to do paperworks before he can become a citizen. Long stay and taxes wouldn't make anyone a citizen of another country. His sense of entitlement is not sufficient to guar ...
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May you not get a passport to visit Ghana again. May you be deported to Rwanda to live there for the rest of your life. You never visited your own mum for 42 years and now want to come home because she passed on and you want ...
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You guys will go to jail you’re a thieves keep quiet there.
NO SYMPATHY FOR YOU AND DO NOT DISGRACE GHANAIANS. NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU CAN STAY UNDER THE WATER DIVING, YOU CAN NEVER BECOME A FISH. SO WITH YOUR EDUCATION, YOU DID NOT KNOW YOU HAVE TO REGULARIZE YOUR STAY IN UK. SAD BUT ...
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Let's call a spade a spade; he failed as an educated man to assume he's a citizen simply bcoz he's stayed there for 4 decades. It was negligence on his part after also marrying two White Britons so what stopped him from docum ...
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The story is missing some vital information. The story suggests that the man never applied for UK citizenship while married to British ladies. This cannot be true.
Ask Steve Wonder how he got his Ghanaian passport. Never stayed in Ghana....
He just called to say he loves Ghana and voila! Given full citizenship! Perhaps its good to be blind and a singer. Perhaps it's his dollars sacks. Perhaps... well, Lord knows.
I don't know much about the British immigration system, but get a lawyer and have them apply for some of these things for you. Willfully negligently STAYING in Britain and never actually looking into regularizing your stay is ...
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Nelson Shardey ?which part of Ghana is shardey a family name ?
passport criminals
Azumah Nelson,every Ghanaian knows where he comes from, Aryetey Nelson every Ghanaian knows he is GA,
Kofi Konadu Nelson, everybody knows h ...
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Hmmm Mr "Shardey" , from which part of Ghana? For 42 years you never visited your mother??? Eiiii, what a story!!
If he wants his citizenship, he should sue Tax office to claim all taxes he has paid for the entire 42 years. That will be a lot of money running close to millions of pounds. The Tax office would rather not want to pay such ...
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In the UK since 1977, having 2 'successfull' sons, but not able to pay 17000 GBP?
What a loser..
If our country were to be developed like America, would he had wanted to be a British citizen. I feel very sad at the state of our country. No dignity. When are we going to develop our country so that our people will not feel ...
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I totally agree with you Gem. This model of Ghanaians immigrating to have a better life is a failure of our leadership and unacceptable. Which Ghanaian will voluntarily want to go and stay in that cold if Ghana were developed ...
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Kofi Gabs, who has recently received Dutch citizenship and dissed Ghana should listen to this story. Don't you ever think that staying over there for decades, or acquiring a citizenship makes you a white man. Your 1st lD in a ...
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Hmm Nana. Even 'citizens' from the Caribbean islands, who've been in the UK since Windrush times, get thrown out sometimes.
I am an Indian and half Lebanese who has lived in Ghana for 47 years. I have lived here in Ghana for most of my life. I have opened businesses and created employment. I bought a house and married a Ghanaian. I have not applie ...
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A serious country with working principles and systems. In a loose country like Ghana with no systems working, Samira Bawumia migrated from Mali to Ghana and never went through any naturalization process but now Ghana's second ...
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Living in the Wirrals (places like the Wirrals tend to be predominantly white) and being married to British women may imply that he cut himself off from the Ghanaian community. These are topics that come up in conversations, ...
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Nelson tell the world the truth and stop damaging a country that you have benefited from.
You need to apply for citizenship if you want, it's not force to become a citizen of any country despite the years you stay there .
He is a fool
IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME! WHEN YOU MAKE AN ASSUMPTION, YOU MAKE AN ASS OF YOURSELF. MAKING MOTHER'S PRIDE BREAD, KIPLING'S CAKES AND BENDICK'S CHOCOLATE DO NOT MAKE YOU A BRITISH CITIZEN. IT IS NOT LIKE NIGERIANS MOVING TO GHANA ...
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Grant him citizenship and instead send Rishi to Rwanda. He has resided in the UK for half a century as a law-abiding person; he has been a productive person all those years; his advanced age; and he currently is recovering fr ...
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This man was never a British Citizen. He didn't nautralise and he is now crying wolf.
Have compassion. You don't want to see your fellow human get devoured by a wolf, do you? May God Save the King, and also Save Ghanaman from Rishi the wolf.
Dump dump how was he thinking he was a British? Don’t mind him he knew he wasn’t a British from day one just playing smart for sympathy
So the British know what it means to squat on another's land without authorization? Just imagine how African countries feel about these British trespassers squatting on African lands and these African countries having to fina ...
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India Man in power so get out of England.
Hurry up.
The English people are like that come home or go to India
Very unfortunate, who told him that over staying in a country without regulating your immigration status would automatically provide you with citizenship?
Yes, he made a great mistake but he is OVER qualified and paid his ...
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When you guys come to Africa you live freely they even treat you better than the country men u guys have stop treating people like they are just a thing if it's not the leathers that have disappointed them this won't happen m ...
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