Couple behind popular restaurant face being deported to Nigeria with their three young kids in DAYS

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A family from Leigh fear they will be kicked out of the country if they don't raise enough money to pay for new visas. Cynthia and Bright Chinule, who run a popular restaurant in the town, say they have just over two weeks to raise just under £26k or they could be forced to return to Nigeria after six years of building a life in England.

The couple, behind the well known Nigerian restaurant Taste Africana, say they are unable to pay the visa renewal fees for their family-of-five after a sudden roof collapse left them in a financial hole.

Last year they were left 'heartbroken' after the roof of the first building their restaurant was based in suddenly caved in just two months after opening.

Luckily, they were able to find a new home just minutes away on Market Street where they have been operating since November 11. READ MORE: ‘Our world has fallen apart’: Tragedy as 'wonderful' mum of six dies months after devastating diagnosis However, according to Bright, the financial knock-on effects means the couple, who have three children, have been unable to keep on top of the rising cost of living, visa fees and things like immigration health surcharge payments, which is a fee paid by migrants who live in the UK for more than six months. "They've put up the immigration charges, health insurance used to be around £300 per year," explained Bright. "It's gone all the way up to around £1,800 per person, per year.