The next morning there is much uncertainty. Sinan is quiet. When I ask him how he is feeling he is non-committal. “I’m fine,” he says, with a half smile.
“What’s the best outcome from today?”
“I might get that paper,” he says.
“If we don’t get it then at least we can get a photo,” I remind him. I have in mind to take a picture of Sinan outside the Consulate, proof we had been there. Read more
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At their primary school her daughters seemed no different from the other kids but they came home to someone else’s house where they all slept in one room and ate their host’s leftovers. Olatunde has still not recovered from the five years her family were undocumented.
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Brought here at 14 to work as a domestic 'slave', Ruth is now 25 with a five-year-old daughter. She is unknown to the authorities and claims no benefits, but still has to find £10 a week for Dyanna's school meals.
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Sinan has no papers to prove his nationality. The authorities cannot remove him even if they wanted to. He’s in limbo, no-man’s land. But at least he’s no longer homeless and now has an income of £12 per week.
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