A Nigerian asylum seeker, who is married to a British man, is fighting for her life in hospital after an overdose medication just days before she was due to be sent back to Nigeria.
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May Brown, a 19-year-old college student, fled to Britain from her home country three years ago after witnessing her father's murder and being subjected to intercourseual abuse.
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She settled in Weymouth, Dorset, where she met her husband, Michael Brown, 12 months ago and the couple married last December.
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Mrs Brown, who was a games maker at last summer's Olympics and has two university offers to study law, applied to stay in the UK. However, despite her marriage her application was rejected.
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Mr. Brown, 34, said UK Border Agency officials believe their marriage to be a 'sham' with no 'emotional attachment,' and that his wife was also so distressed at the prospect of returning to Nigeria she took an overdose of medication.
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Her mother-in-law, Helen-Claire Brown, found her collapsed on the bathroom floor on Monday morning with a note to her husband saying she 'couldn't live without him.'
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The teenager was rushed to the Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester, where she remains in intensive care.
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Before taking the overdose, May wrote: "I am deeply sorry that I had to go this way, without even saying goodbye.
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"The UK immigration has finally driven me insane. They've pushed me too far this time and I can't take the pain any more.
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"I don't want a life or a future you won't be part of. I love you so much, more than life itself and can't endure the agony of not being with you.
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"Please forgive me for ending it this way. It's better to die with my dignity than be subjected to torture