Overview

• Joyce Baidoo has lived in the UK without legal status since 2000 and was issued a deportation order following a 2007 fraud conviction.
• She argued her mental health would suffer and reintegration into Ghanaian society would be unfeasible after more than two decades abroad.
• First-tier tribunal Judge Jeffrey Cameron accepted her private life claim, noting her lack of family support and limited employment prospects in Ghana.
• An upper tribunal led by Judge Richard Manuell dismissed the Home Office’s appeal, finding no material error in the original ruling.
• The case highlights the clash between deportation enforcement and human rights protections for long-term illegal residents.