A world class level boxer who has battled for England six times is confronting being ousted to Nigeria .
Bilal Fawaz was arrested and detained at the Tinsley House Immigration Center at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex on November 29 . The 29 - year - old, of Hayes in Hillingdon , who has vied for
Britain six times and was the 2012 ABA light - middleweight champion , came to England when he was 14 .
Conveyed to the UK unlawfully by an uncle he was told his dad would arrive soon, yet the man never turned up . Fawaz , who calls himself Kelvin , was dealt with ' like a slave' before he ran
far from the home he was living in and was taken into rehabilitation.
Presently wedded to an English lady, the boxer wonder experienced a turbulent period including drug smuggling , getting shot once and stabed about 25 times.
However , he turned his life around in the wake of taking up fighting in the ring ib 2011 at the Stonebridge Boxing Club in Brent and has ascended through the positions to end up plainly one of Britain ' s top novice boxers as of now positioned the third best middleweight in England .
Be that as it may, the Home Office has rejected his application to stay in the UK and pronounced his marriage to a British national as illegal .
The competitor was captured and taken to the Tinsley House Immigration Removal Center in Gatwick.
The boxing champ said he was presently confronting being extradited to Nigeria , some place he has not been since he was sneaked out of the nation by his uncle as a young person.
He said : " I' m permitted to box for England however I ' m not permitted to remain in England .
" I' ve spent over portion of my life here — I went to class here , I lived here , I' ve boxed for England six times and never lost .
" I am a national champion — in 2014 I even fought for England against Nigeria , the nation they need to oust me to . "
The boxer says he is actually ' stateless , ' as his folks were Lebanese settlers to Nigeria , and they themselves didn ' t have Nigerian citizenship . His mom is dead and he
says he had " no clue " where his dad is.
He included : " I have no other family to backpedal to , I don't know anybody in Nigeria or anything about it — all I know is here .
" Imagine how it feels to speak to a nation and after that to have that nation pivot and place you in what feels like a jail. "
Work MP for Hayes and Harlington John
McDonnell and England Boxing have spoke to the experts for the boxer ' s benefit , however didn't progress .
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