- Target:
- Home Office
- Region:
- United Kingdom
Christian Kisuka and family fled the Democratic Republic of Congo and are living in Glasgow. They are still waiting for a decision on his asylum application five years after having fled the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with his mother and sister.
Kisuka is quoted as saying, "We had to leave the Congo because it was dangerous and they were shooting people.”
Kisuka has been compared to the Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba. After starring for the Scottish Premier League side's under-17s and scoring 46 goals for his Glasgow-based youth team. But he is unable to take up the two-year contract Aberdeen FC (AFC) want to offer him until a decision is made on his immigration status.
Christian Kisuka has been described by Leonard Taylor head of AFC youth policy “one of the best youth football players in Scotland at his age”. Ross Mathie, Scotland's youth coach, stating that Christian would be picked for the country.”
Kisuka is quoted as saying, "I would love to represent Scotland one day and am becoming fed up because I have seen other guys I have played football with signing contracts at Aberdeen and other clubs while I have to wait for a decision.
We believe that because the family have been here for 5 years and should be granted full UK residency. This is because:
• that the family are effectively Scottish because of their length of stay in Scotland
• we have funded them for the past five years, it would be a waste of money not to let them pay our generosity back
• Christian Kisuka would immediately gain full time employment thus contributing to the Scottish economy
• Scotland should be attracting the brightest talents in any field as Christian Kisuka clearly is.
We hope that the Home Office will recognise the positive influences this Christian Kisuka will make to Scotland and grant him residency.
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The Support Christian Kisuka and his family's residency application to the UK petition to Home Office was written by Lee Symes and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.