SEASON’S GREETINGS from Melissa in Washington while her son is kept by Barnet Council

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Barnet Council, child snatching, poverty

Season’s Greetings!

Hope all is well whereever you are!

I would have sent some e-cards but trying to save money to buy a mattress and base along with bedding but I am trying to get ahead with the rent first. The good thing is I am inside and not out in the snow and cold. I have one thin blanket and as the flat is a bit cold I see in my chair in the bath room as it is the warmest place until I get a heater on Friday. I found it second hand for $5 on the internet that someone is selling. With any luck that will help. Overall I am doing better. I am walking be it only 600 yards but better than nothing. I don’t use the chair in the flat except to sleep on/in.

I am waiting for the bank to sort things out and send out a new card so I can access my money. They did said I would take a few weeks but I know that it will take a bit longer due to the holidays. Nevertheless onwards and upwards is the only thing to be done.

SKYPE contacts with my son are essential for ensuring his best interests

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Barnet, Barnet Council, Barnet London Borough Council, James Munby, London, London Borough of Barnet, Melissa Laird, Mental Capacity Act 2005

Sir James Munby’s recent Baby J judgement begins by appealing:

…courts must adapt to the realities of the internet and in particular social media…

In this spirit, the following letter went to the Director of Children’s Services at Barnet Council today, together with this check list for the welfare of children:

Mr Jay Mercer
Director Children’s Services
Barnet Council
North London Business Park
Oakleigh Road South
London N11 1NP

Dear Mr Mercer

DUMPED in Dulles Airport Washington – so that her son can get adopted against her will

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Barnet, Barnet Council, Barnet London Borough Council, Crown Court, Dulles Airport, European Arrest Warrant, Heathrow, Holloway, London Heathrow Airport, Marriott International, Prison, Toll-free telephone number, UK Border Agency, United States, Washington Dulles International Airport

A Deportation Order made on 29 November 2012 got her to Dulles Airport. It gave a few solicitors some income and us McKenzie Friends some interesting learning experiences.

Our joint efforts resulted in an oral hearing to take place on 05 December 2013. But that was no ‘bar from removal’.

Removal meant:

• in Holloway: nine prison staff in riot gear making sure she boards the bus to Heathrow – remember that she can’t walk and has become wheelchair-bound due to the appalling prison conditions
• once in Heathrow, UKBA staff and Police were happy take the passport that we had organised and paid for as well as some cash – but contact to say good bye was not possible
• once on the plane, four staff from a company called TASCOR accompanied her, one of them a nurse, and promised her faithfully that they would help her find a bed for the night and a suitcase for her belongings in 3 plastic bags – but they disappeared on her
• once in Washington Dulles Airport, she found out that her passport had been CANCELLED by the State Department – in other words: no ‘reception and rehabilitation’ – one of the reasons why we tried to ‘stay the deportation’.