Michael Perera’s father Victor was a “man with a big heart”, who was generous in his affection, and who preferred to embrace and kiss his family.
“He was a person full of passion, with a strong nature, yet he had a unique way to laugh and feel comfortable”, Mr. Perera remembered.
Mr. Perera never knew why his father felt that he had to run away from his country ColumbiaFinally claiming asylum In August 2023 in the UK. But he was sure that his father had no mental health problem before he sought security in Britain.
In the testimony of his father’s inquiry, Mr. Perera expanded how he saw his father deteriorating with someone who was sociable and easy, for a person who was fast mad.
63 -year -old Victor Hugo Perera Classas killed himself Room in a house office ash hotel In Sussex, Halsham on 13 October 2023. A few weeks ago he made a frustrated attempt to leave Britain, twisting at the Gatwick Airport and called immigration officials to put them out of the country.
He had also filled a voluntary withdrawal form to express his interest in returning to Colombia, and he had told his son several times that he was afraid to be. Bibbi moved to Stockholm Bajra – To describe it as a “maritime gel”.
An inquiry about his death heard how he had repeatedly failed by the employees in the hotel, and in charge of the officers Management of large asylum contracts of the house office, Who did not know the whole reality of how the hotel was being run.
The hotel staff recalled the signs of their deterioration despite regular welfare checks, not helping the police report a robbery, and it took him two weeks to appoint GP mental health.
While Clearprings Ready Holmes managed the overall contract, he subjected to the Sri Perera class hotel to run another company Crown Lodge. The Crown Lodge then outsourced the hotel staff to a third company Baker Hoffman. Some employees were trained to deal with weak people “not properly”, the coroner found.
ClearsPrings told the court that it came to rely on subcontinents, which was an emergency to cope with an unexpected rapid growth in the arrival of the small boat immediately after the epidemic.
His eldest son Mr. Perera, who lives in the United States, expanded how his father would wake up in his hotel room, was drenched in sweat, unable to sleep, and how he felt isolated and did not talk to anyone.
“He was a person who had given everything. One thing that always weighed heavily on him was a desire to give his children a better life than his children,” Mr. Perera said: “He was always trying for it, but often he struggled to know the best way to achieve it.”
Talking about his father’s death, Mr. Perera said: “I was still not able to process it to be honest because I do not understand what happened or why no one took care of him when he went to the first place to find security.”
On 9 August 2023, Mr. Perera received a viiconote from his father, in which he was really worried “” “After seeing the news of the conservative government again” was putting people on a boat “-a clear reference to the wide Bibbi Stockholm Barj.
On August 12, he received another message in which his father asked: “What are they going to do with people? Are they going to jail? Because it was a maritime gel”.
According to the report of the incident, till 16 August, Shri Perera was asking the staff of the Classes Hotel how he could leave the UK, was visually distressed, and asked the employees to call the police.
In mid -September, he told the hotel staff that he had not slept for three days, but he did not booked mental health GP appointment till two weeks later.
He again asked the hotel staff whether House office According to the report of the incident, the country can arrange to leave, and said that he was listening to the noise and was nervous.
In an act of frustration, he went to the Gatvic Airport in late September and requested that an immigration officer placed him on a flight out of the UK. He was clearly asked to go to an immigration center in Croidon, but there was no money to travel there, he slept overnight in the car park of the airport.
Weak, nervous and without money, Shri Perera Classes faced some other Colombians who said that if they sell them their watch, they could get an airplane ticket, listened to interrogation.
After going inside, these people allegedly stole their wallets and documents. He said what happened to the hotel staff after management to return.
Last time Mr. Perera spoke to her father, a few days before she died. He told the inquiry: “I just remember that he seemed insisting on staying there and he was saying that he wanted to find a way to go somewhere else, but he did not give me any details about his plans. I felt that he was just trying to find a way to resolve his refuge.”
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