Reunited with my son.

My son, who was born in the F, has just left and is with me here in the UK. I hadn't seen him since he was a baby. When l left the F l was promised that l would be allowed contact but these turned out to be false. However, l never gave up in my efforts. About two years ago l went on the offensive again and finally got in touch with him a year ago. This was after threatening legal action which the F took very seriously, so much so that they put pressure on my ex wife to allow contact. My son hit eighteen in the summer and couldn't wait to get out.

We are establishing a relationship and are both so happy that we have finally met. My joy is also tinged with a certain amount of anger. Because of the F's deliberate policies and lies l was denied the right of seeing my son grow up. My son was told nothing about me, many many attempts to make contact were kept from him. We have both been denied our basic human rights.

To anyone else who is in a similar situation l would say don't give up and fight for your rights, it appears that the F will only do what is right when they are forced to. For years l begged for contact in the most humble and contrite manner fearful of antagonising them it was only when l came out fighting that l got any results.