Filipino family win fight to stay

Aldrin Quibuyen says his family consider Wales their home

A Filipino nurse and his family living in Carmarthenshire who were told they must leave the UK have won their campaign against deportation.

Hundreds of people joined the fight to allow Aldrin Quibuyen, 36, to remain in Ammanford, where he has lived with his wife and two children for four years.

He was told to leave because his papers were out of date but his case was raised in Parliament by MP Adam Price.

Mr Quibuyen said he was "very pleased" the Home Office granted his appeal.

He was recruited in the Philippines to work Wales in 2003 and most recently was employed at a nursing home in Llanelli.

His wife Rhoda and six-year-old son Buzz followed a year later, while his daughter Phebe, two, was born in Wales.

We had a lot of support Aldrin Quibuyen

He said: "They can't believe it really - we are all very pleased.

"It's taken seven months but we've won which is the main thing.

"We had a lot of support in Ammanford, Wales and from outside.

"Adam Price took it up and supported me and I'm very thankful to him."

Mr Quibuyen said the original decision to deport him and his family was taken because he was late filling in a form due to a misunderstanding.

He had his own campaign website and hundreds of Ammanford residents, members of his local Salvation Army church and other Filipinos in Wales signed a petition backing his appeal.

The Plaid Cymru MP secured an end of day adjournment debate in the Commons on Tuesday.

It was then Immigration Minister Liam Byrne confirmed that Mr Quibuyen would be allowed to stay in Ammanford.