Britain Lets Down It's Troops (Again)

Years of service: Filimon Lacanialu, left, is pictured on patrol in the Falkland Islands

Fijian Soldier Who Served In The British Army For Nine Years Faces Deportation After Simple Mistake Over Paperwork -- Daily Mail

* Private Filimone Lacanivalu signed up to the army in 2001
* He served in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Afghanistan
* But he failed to submit papers to the Home Office when he left the army
* Pte Lacanivalu is now being held in a detention centre close to Heathrow
* He will be deported on Sunday, but has issued a plea to David Cameron

A Fijian soldier who moved to the UK after serving in the British Army for nine years faces deportation on Sunday because of a simple administrative blunder.

Private Filimone Lacanivalu, who served in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, the Falklands and Afghanistan, left the 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment in 2010.

Mistakenly believing Commonwealth troops automatically qualified to remain in Britain after more than four years in the military, he failed to apply to the Home Office for residency within 28 days of leaving the Army and missed the paperwork’s deadline.

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My Comment: So much for Mr Cameron’s pledge to uphold the Military Covenant, society’s duty of care to servicemen.