A campaign is set to be launched to secure the long term future for a Sri Lankan family on Teesside.
Paramosothy and Thayalini Sivakaran won an 11th-hour reprieve to stay on Teesside for a further seven days yesterday and are now battling to stay in the area indefinitely.
Campaigners gathered outside the couple's Middlesbrough home after being told bailiffs were to evict the mum and dad and their baby son, Anraj, for non payment of rent yesterday morning.
The desperate family went to court in a last-ditch attempt to avoid being thrown out onto the streets.
They breathed a sigh of relief after winning a reprieve for a week.
Kath Sainsbury, a co-ordinator with the National Coalition of Anti-deportation Campaigns, said a campaign will be planned with the aim of keeping the family on Teesside long term.
The couple settled in the town in 2000 and sought asylum, but their bid was refused.
They have put in a new application on compassionate grounds, as their baby son has a rare genetic illness. Paramosothy had managed to find a job but, as the asylum bid is under review, Home Office regulations mean he is not allowed to work.
This means he cannot earn money to pay the rent on their Glebe Road home.
