{"id":85621,"date":"2026-02-26T19:20:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=85621"},"modified":"2026-02-26T19:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:20:57","slug":"how-can-i-start-again-at-68-maria-has-spent-50-years-in-the-uk-and-is-fighting-deportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/26\/how-can-i-start-again-at-68-maria-has-spent-50-years-in-the-uk-and-is-fighting-deportation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018How can I start again at 68?\u2019 Maria has spent 50 years in the UK \u2013 and is fighting deportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1X8k1v.img?w=534&amp;h=559&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Maria: \u2018I am absolutely in bits. I cannot believe that the Home Office wants to deport me after I have lived here for almost half a century Photograph: Sophia Evans\/The Guardian\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last December, a letter from the Home Office dropped through Maria\u2019s door. When she read it, she screamed.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/how-can-i-start-again-at-68-maria-has-spent-50-years-in-the-uk-and-is-fighting-deportation\/ar-AA1X8k1A?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69a00819814b4c51a974dbe6931a158b&amp;cvpid=1f9ff4b0f5974162972ad695ceb3fb48&amp;ei=96\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Last December, a letter from the Home Office dropped through Maria\u2019s door. When she read it, she screamed. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-immigration"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Home-Office.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85622,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85621\/revisions\/85622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}