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UK tells blind Nigerian pensioner to go to India for medical treatment
UK NewsPoliticsHealth•November 14, 2026 at 6:00 AMNational

UK tells blind Nigerian pensioner to go to India for medical treatment

By Diane Taylor•The Guardian - UK News

Woman who has lived in UK for 26 years refused indefinite leave to remain under Home Office’s new settlement rulesA blind Nigerian pensioner who has lived in the UK for 26 years has been told by the Home Office she can safely go to India, a country she has never visited, for medical treatment.Comfort*, 67, arrived in the UK in 2000, and shortly after suddenly went blind due to acute glaucoma. Continue reading...

Woman who has lived in UK for 26 years refused indefinite leave to remain under Home Office’s new settlement rules

A blind Nigerian pensioner who has lived in the UK for 26 years has been told by the Home Office she can safely go to India, a country she has never visited, for medical treatment.

Comfort*, 67, arrived in the UK in 2000, and shortly after suddenly went blind due to acute glaucoma.

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