An asylum seeker seeking refuge in Northern Ireland has been released from the cell where she was being held.
Lordorice Djountso and her 18-month-old daughter Imelda have been fighting deportation to Cameroon for months and have been at a holding centre in London for the last two months.
Ms Djountso has been granted bail ahead of a final decision on her plight by June 22nd when she and Imelda are due to be removed.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has campaigned for the family and said he was delighted that Ms Djountso had been granted bail. "This has been a nightmare case for Ms Djountso and her 18-month-old daughter," he said.
"Sinn Fein is wholly committed to the rights for all our citizens and my party opposes the use of draconian detention centres for anyone in contravention of international human rights laws."
Ms Djountso arrived in Belfast in August 2005, pregnant and fleeing her homeland following her brutal rape and the murder of her brothers as part of a bitter dispute with a powerful local chief, Mr McGuinness added.
He said she was forced to leave her partner behind, who was also attacked and has disappeared. Home Office officials have been pressing for the deportation and leave to remain was granted last month on the eve of the deportation in a dispute over the child's susceptibility to disease in Cameroon. They were released yesterday after pledging a surety of £6,500.
