My Mate Walters Rich Mills

Walters is a black man asylum seeker in Hull, from Cameroon, the English speaking part, (under authority of Nigeria) south of the country under persistent threat from north population. Although the North has its independence from France, the south English speaking section is under constant threat of terror. He has lived here in Hull for four years, having escaped terror and reported into Queens Gardens police station ever month.

His last visit resulted in detainment and without organized legal aid he is under threat of being returned to a situation of human terror. Link. BBC Country profile: Cameroon

Despite Mo from thisisUll.com being present at the vigil for my mate Walters, I felt that I too wanted write something. What to write, and what difference it will make to his plight, I was unsure! The photos I took shown here, have in some way become a symbol of what we tried to do for Walters - what we thought best. To let him know that there are people out there that do give a damn, and are willing to stand and be counted when a good person like Walters is done an injustice.

On Friday evening when many of the inhabitants of Hull were partying away as they do every Friday only streets away, we stood outside Queens Gardens police station to let our friend know we cared for him, in his time of great loneliness, locked-up in a small prison cell awaiting likely deportation.

The camera was taken into the police station by a friend of his, to show Walters that we were there for him. That was the point, that is the point. The point of the pictures, the point of this piece. To do what ever we can however small it may seem, but do something to help our friend. My mate Walters.

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