{"id":28,"date":"2021-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/2021\/05\/20\/baca-financially-support-pak-christian-asylum-family-with-mentally-impaired-child-after-father-was-killed-after-fall-from-ladder-while-working-illegally-for-pittance\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T05:23:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T04:23:05","slug":"baca-financially-support-pak-christian-asylum-family-with-mentally-impaired-child-after-father-was-killed-after-fall-from-ladder-while-working-illegally-for-pittance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/baca-financially-support-pak-christian-asylum-family-with-mentally-impaired-child-after-father-was-killed-after-fall-from-ladder-while-working-illegally-for-pittance\/","title":{"rendered":"BACA financially support Pak-Christian asylum family with mentally impaired child after father was killed after fall from ladder while working illegally for pittance"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the patriarch of a family with 5 children died, British Asian Christian Association stepped in to provide some financial support.  Babar Ishaq
\n was the first ever Pak-Christian asylum seeker met by BACA when we first undertook a reconnaisance back in 2012.<\/p>\n

After our representative visited Christchurch in Bangkok on a hunch that Pakistani Christians would attend an English speaking church, Babar then introduced
\n our group to the many of thousands of other Christians.<\/p>\n

There are thousands of Pak-Christian asylum seekers in Thailand trapped in limbo as they await resettlement in a country that has signed UN conventions
\n for asylum. Many spend several years seeking a way out of Thailand where they are repersecuted by the Royal Thai Government who deny them asylum seeker
\n status despite genuine fear for their safety. Brutal Immigration Detention Centres leave the community beleaugured and prone to disease a worry during
\n these times of COVID-19 pandemic. You can learn more and watch a BBC Documentary (here)<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

Like many Pak-Christian asylum seekers Babar Ishaq was supporting his family by undertaking illegal work, undertaking hard labourious tasks with a
\n pittance as pay, just to make ends meet and secure food for the day.   However, on 11th March 2021 Babar fell from a height while painting
\n from a ladder and died instantly from a brain haemorrage.  He was pronounced dead on arrival at Ladprao General Hospital.<\/p>\n

Babar was not provided with any PPE and the ladder was not supported by any person, mechanical or physical mechanism. Even then, no action is to be
\n taken against his emloyers and his family have been provided with no compensation or support from them. <\/p>\n


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Babar Ishaq (RIP)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The family chose to have his body repatriated in Pakistan and the cost of \u00a3700 was met by all of the Pak-Christian asylum seeker community who as always
\n club together in times of difficulty. A funeral was held in his home town a week later organised by his many in-laws still in the homeland.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

After her world fell apart, Robina Babar (43 yrs) his wife appealed for some support but received nothing until an Australian charity that frequently
\n partners with BACA, contacted us and offered a gift of \u00a3300.   <\/p>\n