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Annan Cato is calling for the Government to reverse its decision and allow Ama Sumani back into the UK.

The 39-year-old mother of two was taken from hospital in Cardiff on Wednesday and deported because her visa had expired.

She had been receiving dialysis in hospital because a type of cancer, known as malignant myeloma, had damaged her kidneys.

Within 24 hours of flying home to Ghana, Ms Sumani attended the main hospital in Accra, the country's capital.

But it has been reported that she is unable to afford the more than £3,000 needed to pay for dialysis treatment in Ghana for the next three months.

Now Mr Cato has appealed to the Government to reverse its decision and allow Ms Sumani back for treatment.

"Even now I don't think it is too late for them to reconsider their position to allow her to come back and receive treatment," he told Radio Four's The World Tonight programme.

"I would appeal to them to do so. I would plead that this lady come back and receive treatment in the UK.

"The UK has in the past done this for many, many people and I am confident they could do it again."