JAMAICANS SEEM to stir up drama wherever they go. This time it's in England, where according to an article posted on the Sheffield Today website, a 31-year-old Sheffield woman has pleaded with the Home Office not to split up her family, by deporting her Jamaican husband.
The love struck woman's name is Maria Buchanan, and she faces being left as a single mother to her 18-month-old son Erwin, Jr. and one-month-old daughter Cian, if her husband is sent back to Jamaica.
SHAM MARRIAGES
The website article noted that Maria's husband, Erwin Buchanan, also 31, entered Britain more than four years ago on a visitor's visa, but (like many before him) did not go home when it expired. He married Northern General Hospital staff nurse Maria and they have two children.
British authorities have demanded that the Jamaican leave the country and then apply for permanent residency in the United Kingdom (U.K.) Laws were passed several years ago in Britain to reduce the number of sham marriages. Erwin made Maria his wife only six months after meeting her in a nightclub.
The Home Office said Erwin stands a chance of returning to Britain later this year if his residency application is granted. Maria, however, said she could not cope alone with the two small children.
The article quotes her as saying: "We've been married for three years. We made an application for him to remain, but it has been declined."
Maria went on to say she was currently on maternity leave and was due to return to work soon. She said she would not be able to do so if her husband were not there to take care of the children. She openly declared that she had been supporting her husband since the two met, even though back home in the land of wood and water, Erwin was a hardworking taxi driver and machine operator.
Maria accused the Home Office of splitting up her family: "The Government claims it wants to keep families together, but separating us is not keeping us together. They say that boys need their fathers around and that by separating them they're more likely to become juvenile delinquents."
The article noted that the Home Office does not comment on specific cases.
