Home Office lifts deportation order for man, 62, who has lived in UK for 50 years

The Guardian reports: Department drops efforts to return Tony Hall to Barbados, a country he left at 12 and where he has no living relatives The Home Office has lifted a deportation order handed to a 62-year-old man who has lived in Britain for 50 years after criticism of the department’s attempts to remove him to Barbados, a country he left as a child.

His case had been highlighted in the Guardian a day earlier.

This lifestyle story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Home Office, UK and Tony Hall.

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Location

United Kingdom · Europe

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The Guardian

First reported

21 Oct 2026, 20:45 IST

Key names

Home Office, UK, Tony Hall, Barbados

Section

Lifestyle

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• The GuardianHome Office lifts deportation order for man, 62, who has lived in UK for 50 years 21 Oct, 20:45

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