Anwar Ditta

Anwar Ditta
Born1953 (1953)
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Died2021 (aged 67–68)
OccupationAnti-deportation activist

Anwar Ditta (1953–2021) was a British anti-deportation activist. She was born in Birmingham to Pakistani parents in 1953. She is best known for successfully campaigning against the Home Office to allow her children to immigrate to the UK in the late-1970s and early-1980s. She died in late-2021.

References

  1. ↑ Perkins, Anne (22 October 1999). "'I was robbed of my children's childhood'". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Knight, Bryan (11 July 2021). "Anwar Ditta: The mother who took on the UK government and won". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Reflecting with Anwar Ditta | Race Archive". 31 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "What we can learn from Anwar Ditta in 2020". 20 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Ramamurthy, Anandi. "Families divided: the campaign for Anwar Ditta and her children". Our Migration Story. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Singh, Jasbir (31 October 2019). "Recollections on the Asian Youth Movements that emerged in the 1970s". Institute for Race Relations. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  7. ↑ James, Louise (18 May 2021). "Asian Youth Movements in the UK: History and legacy".
  8. ↑ "Anwar Ditta obituary". The Times. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Ezaydi, Shahed (24 November 2021). "Remembering Anwar Ditta". Tribune. Retrieved 9 December 2021.