Official suspicion about his immigration status led to him being evicted last summer, and he was homeless for three weeks. Because he has no savings and no way of paying £54,000, he says he is not receiving the cancer treatment he needs. Meanwhile, he is being denied potentially life-saving treatment.”Thompson’s case has been taken up by the migration charity Praxis, based in east London. As a result of the Home Office decision to question his immigration status, he is living on local authority destitution support – having paid tax and national insurance for decades. Thompson is feeling unwell and is constantly worrying about his condition, his treatment and his Home Office status.

Source: The Guardian March 10, 2018 06:00 UTC