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Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Drinokrane: 1:58am On Dec 09, 2017
Detained at the Tinsley House Immigration Centre at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex on November 29, 29-year-old Bilal Fawaz , who represented the UK 6 times in boxing, currently ranked the 3rd best middleweight in England, and was the 2012 ABA light-middleweight champion, currently faces deportation to Nigeria where his parents emigrated when he was just 14.

Fawaz who is now married to an English woman, was brought to the UK illegally by an uncle, who told him his father would be arriving soon, but the man never turned up.

The boxer who now calls himself Kelvin, was treated ‘like a slave’, joined bad gangs, got shot once and stabbed 25 times, before he ran away from the home he was living in and was taken into care home where he became a boxer.
Daily Mail reports that Fawaz says his mother is dead and he has no idea where his father is.

He also says he’s stateless, as his parents were Lebanese immigrants to Nigeria, and did not have Nigerian citizenship themselves. He said:
“I am a national champion — in 2014 I even boxed for England against Nigeria, the country they want to deport me to.

I have no other family to go back to, I don’t know anyone in Nigeria or anything about it – all I know is here."


Imagine how it feels to represent a country and then to have that country turn around and put you in what feels like a prison.

It was gathered that Labour MP McDonnell and England Boxing have appealed to the authorities on the boxer’s behalf, but without success. The Home Office rejected his application to remain in the UK, and declared his marriage to a British citizen void.

http://www.torimill.com/2017/12/nigerian-born-boxer-bilal-fawaz-who.html

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Drinokrane: 1:59am On Dec 09, 2017
Coming back to modify

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Gentle034(m): 2:04am On Dec 09, 2017
This is really tragic, what did he do na?

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Nobody: 2:18am On Dec 09, 2017
Why don't I believe this

It doesn't sound quite right undecided

Let me ask Google grin

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Paulosky1900: 2:19am On Dec 09, 2017
eiiyaa....the guy right

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Paulosky1900: 2:19am On Dec 09, 2017
eiiyaa....the guy right now

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Nobody: 2:22am On Dec 09, 2017
brb
Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by KardinalZik(m): 2:47am On Dec 09, 2017
Lol.
Your dad is a Lebanese immigrant to Nigeria; and you don't even know his whereabout. SEE DEFENSIVE LIES!

That's why you should never take another man's home as your own. Your home can't deport you.

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by quinnboy: 3:19am On Dec 09, 2017
Lol....

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by profdotcom: 3:55am On Dec 09, 2017
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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by fortune1894(m): 5:00am On Dec 09, 2017
oya send bck anthony joshua to us. all these whites sef

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by IamIBK: 5:02am On Dec 09, 2017
come home son

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by RELAN2446(m): 5:15am On Dec 09, 2017
Cum nd start ur career here bro. grin

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by jeffizy(m): 5:16am On Dec 09, 2017
The cock crows at dawn!

Welcome home son.

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Heywhizzy(m): 5:17am On Dec 09, 2017
Happy homecoming Anthony Joshua wannabe


At least he can come back to celebrate Boxing Day with his family






I suspect his village people

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by MANNABBQGRILLS: 5:17am On Dec 09, 2017
No place like home....
Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Bigprick9inches: 5:17am On Dec 09, 2017
grin sad

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by martineverest(m): 5:18am On Dec 09, 2017
Village ppl don finally get am

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by vioment: 5:19am On Dec 09, 2017
Send him to lebanon/labanon and not Nigeria. Their rubbish dun dey too much for here. Abi dem no hear where he says they were also illegals in Nigeria? Send him to his home to go box. He just told you he is not African, so don't send him there.

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by InvertedHammer: 5:19am On Dec 09, 2017
profdotcom:
Chai! this guy village people don finally succeed

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by money121(m): 5:21am On Dec 09, 2017
Ok
Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Lexusgs430: 5:25am On Dec 09, 2017
If only his Gold medals remained constant, they would have finally adopted him.......


Mo Farah comes to mind.........

NB: They would surely overturn this ruling, once people shout for their loose heads.......

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by purem(m): 5:25am On Dec 09, 2017
Who is pushing all dis thread to FP early dis morning ?

Pesin no go sleep again
Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by jaheymezz(m): 5:28am On Dec 09, 2017
don't come to Nigeria o make you no die
Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Nobody: 5:28am On Dec 09, 2017
Use and dump cry

But he is not Nigerian na

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by bart10: 5:30am On Dec 09, 2017
Welcome home cheesy
Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Sunkyphil(m): 5:30am On Dec 09, 2017
Chai naija don become home of abandoned 'goods' But on a positive side he can still b training our young talents wen he comes,he is always welcome grin

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by blackpanda: 5:31am On Dec 09, 2017
For lebanese, when it comes to scams its in their blood. Unfortunately british authorities aint falling for it
Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by itchie: 5:35am On Dec 09, 2017
I guess he hasn't won any competition for them that's why. If he had, they would have claimed him the way they claiming Anthony Joshua. I even heard Joshua has been to jail in the UK before but you don't hear them talking of that now, they are all claiming him because he's a champion

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Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by Amberon11: 5:36am On Dec 09, 2017
grin
Re: Nigerian-born Boxer Bilal Fawaz Who Chose England Over Nigeria Faces Deportation by 7footre(m): 5:37am On Dec 09, 2017
We in naija reject him, because he rejected us first... send him to his parents original country abeg

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