“She Has No Family”: Sikhs Of UK Town Fight Indian Woman’s Deportation
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Gurmit Kaur went to the UK in 2009 (File)London: The case of an elderly Indian Sikh woman, which was first reported in 2019, continues to attract widespread community support in England's West Midlands as her supporters fight her deportation.Gurmit Kaur, 78, came to the UK in 2009 and Smethwick has been home to her ever since, reads an online petition that has attracted over 65,000 signatures since it was launched in July 2020.More recently, “We Are All Gurmit Kaur” has been running across social media platforms as the local community continues to rally around the widow.“Gurmit Kaur has no family to turn to in the UK and no family to return to in Punjab. So the local Sikh community of Smethwick has adopted her,” reads the petition on change.org.“Gurmit Kaur applied to stay but has...