'I want to keep my family together': Widowed father faces battle to keep his South African children in the UK because he doesn't earn enough money as a barman
Justin Tutt has been told his children will be deported next month | Seth, eight, and Leigh, five, will be sent back to South Africa | Home Office took the decision because Mr Tutt, 29, doesn't earn enough | They began living with their father in Burnley, Lancs after their mother died | Social worker informed him that 'statistics show that one in five white children are raped or killed' in SA. 'They are targets because they are different. Its very dangerous for white children in South Africa.'
Janine Yaqoob | Daily Mail.UK | 18 February 2013
A father faces having his two children taken into care 8,500 miles away because the Home Office says he does not earn enough money to keep them in the UK.
Barman Justin Tutt, 29, brought son Seth, eight, and daughter Leigh, five, to live in England with him after the sudden death of their mother in their native South Africa.
But despite Mr Tutt holding a British passport and having another son born in the UK, under new immigration rules cracking down on asylum seekers claiming benefits, Seth and Leigh cannot stay here as they must be living in a family earning at least £22,500 a year.
Because Mr Tutt brings home only £120 a week and his fiancee is on maternity leave, the youngsters will be deported in March and are likely to be taken into care.
