Exclusive: Great-grandmother, 93, could be deported after 11 years in Australia

Mollie Manley’s family say she will not survive the 22-hour flight from Australia to the UK if she is forced to leave the country.

Great-grandmother, 93, could be deported after 11 years in Australia

Mollie Manley, 93. Source: Supplied

Mollie Manley has lived in Australia for 11 years.

Her three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren - all Australian citizens - visit her each week in an aged care home just outside of Perth. They sing together and listen to her tales of when she was a ballroom dancer.

The 93-year-old, who is originally from Somerset in England, recently had a health scare and the family gathered around her bedside to say their final goodbyes.

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Published 5 June 2019 11:53am
By Heba Kassoua
Presented by Good Morning Ausralia


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