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Disabled teenager loses deportation appeal and is ordered to leave New Zealand

From NZ Herald · () English

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  • A wheelchair-using teenager who needs help with eating, bathing and dressing lost an appeal against deportation on humanitarian grounds.
  • Her resident family will likely have to leave New Zealand with her and return to the Philippines.
  • The family has four months to arrange the teenager’s departure.

A teenager who uses a wheelchair and needs help with basic daily tasks has been ordered to leave New Zealand or face deportation.

Her family, which holds resident status, will likely have to return with her to the Philippines after her appeal against deportation on humanitarian grounds failed.

The family has four months to arrange the teenager’s return.

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Originally published by NZ Herald in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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