Former England boxer Kelvin Bilal Fawaz wins 16-year battle to stay in UK

By Annie Kelly

Exclusive: Fawaz, who was trafficked to the UK from Nigeria as a child, won his Home Office appeal last week

The former England boxer Kelvin Bilal Fawaz has won his 16-year legal battle to live and work in the UK after the Home Office granted him leave to remain for 30 months.

Fawaz, who has represented England six times and was once an amateur champion, has been struggling to establish his nationality and immigration status since he reached adulthood after being trafficked from Nigeria to the UK as a child and kept in domestic servitude.

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