County Durham native and married
in 1990, Irene Clennell lived in London two years before after her marriage to
John Clennell. Irene Clennell, originally a Singaporean, was "forcibly
removed" from the country according to The Guardian. According to
Clennell's sister-in law, she is confirmed deported due to "insensitive
and unfair government rules." The sister-in-law said that John Clennell
was ill and the government had her deported still.
Angela Clennell said the
government was unfair because the decision was made on a Sunday so "you
cannot contact anyone to try and stop it from happening. She "felt
sick" with the situation and contacted immigration solicitors -- whoever
were open during the time.
Clennell's record was not as
clean as an immigrant living in the United Kingdom is despite her twenty years
in the country. Often, she left to Singapore caring for her parents before they
died. This would often last for years.
The Guardian believes the
government found reason to deport Clennell on the grounds of no evidence
showing "long stretches of uninterrupted time living in the United
Kingdom," a main tenet of the UK's spousal Visa system. The rules allow
the government to conclude that those who prove to do otherwise could be
affiliated with criminal syndicates -- or some criminals bypassing the law to
their advantage.
