HIV kids 'Doomed to Death'

TWENTY suspected HIV-positive children are set to be deported to their deaths, a charity boss warned yesterday All are children of failed asylum seekers and would return to countries which have little or no treatment for HIV sufferers. The first deportation — that of Dumisani Machinjili, seven, and his parents — is due to take place today. His tearful mum Caroline, 26, said: “I am sick with HIV. My husband also has the disease. I’m afraid Dumisani also has it. “We are waiting his test results. If we are sent back to my home country of Malawi we will not get treatment. First we will die, then my little boy will die.” The family fled to Stockport, Greater Manchester, to escape persecution in Malawi. Barnardo’s chief executive Martin Narey, 51, said: “If this boy has HIV he is being sent to his death. It’s absurd the Government can’t make an exception for these poor kids.” The Home Office said: “We won’t remove anyone at risk of persecution. “We are not convinced that a special dispensation should be made for victims of HIV. “It could create inconsistencies in how we treat people with other serious illnesses.”