Moheand, his wife and three children had to move 60 miles away to Portrush after staff at the hotel they were staying in, on the outskirts of Belfast, asked them to leave. They say it followed a dispute when a documentary filmmaker asked the hotel if she could film inside with the family. The hotel referred BBC News NI to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE), who said it was "examining the circumstances around this case". BBC News NI previously reported on Moheand's family when they were living in Newry, 35 miles away from the children’s school in Belfast. He and his family lived in Northern Ireland for more than five years while waiting for their asylum claim to be processed.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 24, 2024 08:20 UTC