Sarah O’Connor cannot work or claim benefits and doesn’t have the documents or money to apply for a passportSarah O’Connor moved to Britain from Jamaica 51 years ago,when she was six, and has lived here ever since. final year she was challenged by the benefits agency to prove she was in the country legally, or unleashing a torrent of immigration-related problems. For the past nine months she has been left facing bankruptcy,afraid to open the front door in case it is the domestic Office coming to deport her or bailiffs arriving to remove her property. O’Connor is unable to supply documentary evidence to prove she is here legally. Without this paperwork, she has been unable to take up new work and has been refused unemployment benefits, and leaving her without an income. She sold her car at the beginning of the year,but she is struggling to pay her rent and is falling further into debt.
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Source: guardian.co.uk