{"id":147,"date":"2019-10-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/2019\/10\/26\/baca-assist-family-of-asylum-seekers-who-mourn-loss-of-18-year-old-daughter-to-systemic-lupus\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T05:24:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T04:24:45","slug":"baca-assist-family-of-asylum-seekers-who-mourn-loss-of-18-year-old-daughter-to-systemic-lupus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/baca-assist-family-of-asylum-seekers-who-mourn-loss-of-18-year-old-daughter-to-systemic-lupus\/","title":{"rendered":"BACA assist family of asylum seekers who mourn loss of 18 year old daughter to Systemic Lupus"},"content":{"rendered":"
Image: Distressed Pak-Christian asylum seekers after a raid at Santisuk Condo.<\/b><\/p>\n

A Refugee Family from Pakistan have sought the help of BACA to repatriate the corpse of their daughter back to Pakistan after she died of Systemic Lupus.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Kazia Rehan, 18, first exhibited symptoms for the auto-immune disease in August 2019 at a time when she when she was working illegally as a part time
\n waitress, to support her education, after her family fled Pakistan due to death threats and religious persecution.
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Young Kaiza before the onset of Systemic Lupus.<\/b><\/p>\n

After suffering from a mild fever, Kazia Rahan was first treated at a local Thai government hospital.  However, concern grew after Kazia did not recover
\nfrom their diagnosis that it was a minor infection despite following medical advice of placing her on a better diet to fight the infection.  As her
\nhealth deteriorated the family took her to the Rajveeti private hospital, nearby, who then diagnosed her symptoms as Systemic Lupus, a disease that effects
\nthe heart, muscle and blood – after extensive tests.  All of her medical fees were paid for by Bangkok Refugee Centre (BRC) a group funded by the
\nUnited Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Thailand.  BRC covered every aspect recognising the pain that Kazia had been enduring as the family
\nstill hold registration as asylum seekers with UNHCR Thailand.<\/p>\n

Kazia Rehan is the only daughter of Mr Maqbool Masih (58 yrs) and his wife Angelina (48 yrs) who applied for asylum after flying to Thailand on a tourist
\nvisa in 2014 to flee death threats.The couple also have three sons Rufus (22 yrs), Noman (21 yrs) and 12-year-old Hanook.<\/p>\n

Despite Thai government restrictions on asylum seekers working, Kazia was still able to enrol for a GED (General Development Education) High School Equivalency
\nCertificate.  To pay for her course and help with her family’s living expenses she also worked illegally as a waitress in a cafeteria, putting herself
\nat considerable risk. It was her dream to begin a new life and successful career once she escaped the abject poverty, fear of arrest, discrimination and
\nexploitation that her family had to undergo in Thailand.  <\/p>\n


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Kazia Masih (RIP)<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Kazia lost her fight for life on 12th October 2019, her family sought the help of BACA as they felt emotionally compelled to send her body to Pakistan
\nfor burial by her paternal family.  BACA paid \u00a3200 towards the costs for the transfer of the corpse as the family had raised the rest themselves.  <\/p>\n