‘I’m so scared’: man who fled DRC for UK as child to be deported

Habib Bazaboko, due to depart London, says he is terrified for his life

A man who has lived in the UK since childhood is facing imminent deportation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country with one of the worst human rights records in the world.

Habib Bazaboko, a stonemason, fled to the UK at the age of 11 after his father was murdered in his home country. He has previous convictions, including for grievous bodily harm, but has not committed any crime for nine years.

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