Hi, my name is Mirek, I am a Czech citizen that has lived in Bolton in the UK since I was 6 years old. I have 2 beautiful children in the UK, their names are – Ellie, she is 12, and Nikolas, he is 8. I also have a stepdaughter, Demi, who is 16 and is just as important to me as them; she is also devastated that I am not with them.

In 2023, I spent 3 months in prison. The duration of those three months was the first time I felt proper pain, the pain of being apart from my children was unbearable. I missed them so much and instead of being released once I had served my time, I then found myself in an immigration removal centre for an extra 8 months.

The time I spent in there was worse, the pain got harder, the days got longer, and I had no idea how I was going to get out to be with them. The days kept going by and I knew how much I was missing as they grow up so fast. All I knew is I was going to do everything I possibly could to get out and be the father that they deserve - to watch them grow up, to spend my days making sure they knew they were loved and cared for by me, that I would never turn my back on them. I wanted to show them I would never leave them again, that I had learnt my lesson, and I was going to be a better man.

During the time I was in the centre I spent my days researching the legal system and seeing what I could do to get out. I had a legal aid solicitor that is given to everyone in the centre, who did try to support me. They are so busy with multiple immigration cases, and it didn’t really work out as I had hoped. They managed to get three of the tickets out of the UK given to me by the Home Office cancelled, on the grounds of a breach of my human rights and the right to a family life. However, sadly I ended up being deported in June 2024. I had no knowledge of the legal system and felt this jeopardised my right to a fair trial, an opportunity I never even got because I was deported while putting in a Judicial review. All now seems lost by the UK legal system, that I have now been forgotten about – out of sight out of mind so to speak.

That may be the case to them, but my children will NEVER be out of my mind. Devastated doesn’t come close to how I felt, to how I still feel. I found myself at my lowest, alone - with no money and no one to turn to help me. My whole life and family are in Bolton, so by the end of 2024 I had seen some of my darkest days. I was determined not to give up, the Home Office are wrong, and this is not OK!... I will fight to the ends of the earth to be with my children, and I will never EVER give up.

I had to try and pick myself up so I was in any kind of position to get back to them… I had to find somewhere to live- so I took an opportunity that came up in Amsterdam as a delivery driver and got myself somewhere to live. This leaves me with minimal money, and after speaking to lawyers in London I know I have a case to fight, I just don’t have what is needed – funds to help me.

Please, please donate to my page, to help me in the fight for my children! I thought I had hit rock bottom in that centre, but nothing compares to this hurt that I feel every day. I need to be with them, and they need to be with me just as much. They can’t grow up thinking I didn’t care, that I’m living the high life in another country, which couldn’t be further from the truth.  Nothing matters if I don’t have them, my life just isn’t worth living anymore – but I must try! I’m doing this because I have nowhere else to turn, I have run out of options, so if you can find it in your heart to help me - I shall be forever grateful.  Please donate, spread the word, and join me in fighting for my kids! I have had times where I felt like there’s no hope for me, but I need some hope – and I’ll never stop fighting for them.