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'At the moment I am dying' - relief of woman whose right to work means access to medicine
by Sam Tobin at the Court of Appeal

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NIGERIAN woman Kehinde Oladele, who has been unable to afford vital prescription medicine while barred from employment pending an immigration appeal, finally received permission to work today.

Ms Oladele, whose health has deteriorated while she waits for her legal battle for indefinite leave to remain in Britain to come to court, won the right to work after a judge found her case was “so exceptional” that her application for interim relief should be granted.

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