Boxing News: Cindy Ngamba’s toughest battle is outside the ring.
She competes internationally for the Fair Chance refugee team, but her ultimate goal is to represent Great Britain in the Olympic Games.
She had to struggle for her right to remain in the UK, and she is still fighting for her citizenship so she may box for Britain.
“I had to go through so many issues with immigration, with the Home Office, I got thrown into detention camp by them, there were so many occasions of them attempting to kick me out of the UK and sending me back to a nation I left when I was very young and I know no one,” Ngamba told Sky Sports.
“So I’ve had a very difficult time with immigration and the Home Office.
“After you’ve had to fight merely to gain refugee status, you’re used to it.”
Ngamba has lived in the United Kingdom since she was a child. She was captured and imprisoned in a detention camp, facing deportation to Cameroon.
That happened when she was 17 years old. Ngamba was attending one of her regular sessions at an immigration office in Bolton, where she lives when she became aware of a big police presence surrounding her.
“I couldn’t believe it when they informed me I was under arrest. So I burst into tears, and my brother was also arrested,” she stated.
“We were taken all the way to London to a detention centre, where I spent the night. At the time, I felt it was the end. Because I had my father, my family, and my siblings with me.
“I learned about so many people’s lives; some were being sent back the next day, while others had been there for years waiting to be sent back or for their papers to be handled. Learning about all of these stories.
“I had no idea what to think. I was completely blank. I was just feeling sorry for myself. I was helpless. Fortunately, they let us depart two days later.”
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