Summary
As a refugee, Irena Carlton was safe in England while the Bosnian War raged, but her family were not as fortunate. She tells LINDSAY JENNINGS why her mission is now to help other asylum seekers
IRENA Carlton is deep in conversation with a hopeful-looking Mongolian couple who are wanting to stay in Britain. The subject is a tribunal appeal report from the Home Office, which Irena and her colleagues at the Byker Sands Family Centre, near Newcastle, are having difficulty translating - from Home Office English into plain English.See the full content of this document
Extract
'My Father Still Hears Their Screams'
"It looks good, " she tells the couple, scanning the report once more. "Give me a ring today as soon as you hear anything.
What you need is something to make it easier to read - do you have any alcohol?"She bursts into laughter and the couple smile too, taking Irena's lead and relaxing their pale, tense faces, one suspects, for the first t...See the full content of this document
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