Yemenis who came to work in British factories in the 1950s have been without payments for years.
Thousands of men who left their families in Yemen in the 1950s and worked for decades in British factories before returning to their war-torn homeland say they are facing a daily struggle to survive after their UK state pension payments were stopped without explanation.
He joined many others grafting in the factories and foundries across the West Midlands who saw the UK as "the mother country" after Yemen first came under British rule in 1839. The cost of living in Yemen has soared as the war between the failing government and Iran-backed Houthi rebels has escalated, leaving people starving amid the Covid pandemic.Rice, a staple food in most households,the International Rescue Committee reports.
Mr Muflihi estimates the men are owed approximately a minimum of £50 a month and the total amount owed to all is about £500,000. He completed a life certificate in September as requested by the DWP as proof he is alive but said he was still waiting.He said he and his wife "have really despaired and we have nothing but God to relive us of our distress".
"But it was the utter refusal by the DWP to get a grip of cases when people provided evidence and people are living in severe destitution and we should not underestimate that," he said.
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