13-Year-Old Afghan Orphan Gets to Stay in the UK

London: Giorgi Kakava moved to Scotland with his mother Sophie when he was three, after his father was killed. When his mother died three years ago, Giorgi faced being sent back but was granted temporary asylum. While he has been told he can now stay indefinitely, his grandmother has only been given 30 months leave to remain.Giorgi, who is in second year at Springburn Academy, said he felt a “big weight” had been lifted from his shoulders, but he was sad that his grandmother still faced an uncertain future.

He said: “It is good news because Glasgow is my home, I feel Scottish and if I got moved to Georgia it would be tough to cope without all my friends. “But the decision is very unfair on my nan because we are very close and I do not know what I would do if she was sent away.” The family’s case was taken up by Rev Brian Casey, the minister at Springburn Parish Church in Glasgow, who gathered more than 92,000 signatures via an online petition.

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