Migrant, 59, on disability benefits allowed to stay in retirement home despite bringing wife, 28, and twin daughters from Bangladesh after claiming eviction would breach his human rights

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Migrant, 59, on disability benefits allowed to stay in retirement home despite bringing wife, 28, and twin daughters from Bangladesh after claiming eviction would breach his human rights.

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A migrant on disability benefits has been allowed to stay in a retirement home after he claimed eviction would breach his human rights.

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Shahidul Haque, 59, has spent over a year fighting Southern Homes, who has attempted to remove him from the one-bedroom property, where he lives with his wife and twin daughters.He insisted he would battle eviction from the property in Reading unless larger accommodation was found, arguing that forcing his family out would violate his rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.The Bangladeshi national has lived in the UK since 1997 and now holds a British passport, is registered disabled and receives benefits for a range of conditions including diabetes, obstructive sleep apnoea, hypertension and depression.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Mr Haque insists he did not realise the specialist housing rules stopped him from bringing his family to live with him, adding that his limited English meant the tenancy agreement was not...

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