Asylum family wins reprieve

A FAMILY of asylum seekers due to be sent back to Cameroon today have won a stay of execution.

Fred Nukagem, aged 37, Sandra Yonga Mbell, aged 29, and their three children were due to fly out this morning but their flights have now been cancelled.

The Middleport family, who were arrested on Wednesday, were still being held in a detention centre in Bedfordshire in the early hours of today.

Mr Nukagem said: "I'm very happy our flights have been cancelled."