Supporters of asylum seeker appeal for case review

STUDENTS, politicians, trade union officials and anti-racism campaigners last night gathered outside the Dáil to support the case of a hospitalised asylum seeker and her five children.

Elizabeth Onasanwo, who suffered a breakdown in August as the State attempted to deport her to Nigeria, has been in psychiatric care for the past two months.

Elizabeth, who saw her sister die after a botched female circumcision, fled Nigeria in 1999 when her house was burnt to the ground by militant youths who accused her of stealing from them. Some of her activities involved speaking out against the Nigerian Government on behalf of local youth groups.