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I'm Illegal

MAKOSI Musambasi, BOOTED out of Big Brother by angry TV voters, now faces being KICKED right out of the country.

She has confessed to the News of the World that she might be an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT and could be deported.

But she pleaded: "I love Britain and I want to stay in the UK. I love the people, they are warm."

That warmth won't cut much ice with the immigration officials who want to interview her this week.

The Zimbabwe-born beauty was allowed into the UK last year with a visa which only allows her to work as a trainee nurse.

But she resigned from her hospital job in May so she could join the telly series and has now registered with a showbiz agent.

Telly viewers turned on the one-time favourite to win after allegations earlier this week that she had won her place in the Big Brother House because she was an actress.

A showbiz wannabe website also advertises her services as presenter, compere and dancer.

But bosses at Endemol, the company which makes BB, denied she was fast-tracked though auditions after making a professional video.

Makosi says she only gave up her nursing job because hospital bosses at High Wycombe, Bucks, were afraid she could spark a scandal.

She said: "I had asked for leave, but when I told the ward sister that I had got into the House she said she had to speak to management.

"She said it was detrimental to the NHS and to the bloke that I was seeing, who was a consultant, if I went into the house.

"They wanted to protect him and how important he was to the hospital.

"The day before I was going in the House, they said I couldn't have the leave and I was forced to resign. I was very disappointed with my boss."

But Makosi failed to tell immigration officials she had changed jobs and the Home Office last night confirmed she had broken the terms of her work visa and will now face deportation proceedings.

An officer told the News of the World: "This is an uncomfortable position.

Benefits

"She is not trying to claim asylum or get state benefits but she has broken the terms of her work visa.

"As a result we have no choice but to get involved. That means she will be told to attend an interview with immigration officials. To stay in Britain she will have to apply again for another work permit.

"But she will be deported if that application fails.

"We can't let this one slip by as she is clearly a high-profile person."

Last month the High Court placed a temporary ban on deporting asylum seekers back to Zimbabwe.

But Makosi is technically an economic migrant and can therefore be deported.

Official notification of the Immigration Service investigation has now been sent to her home in High Wycombe.

Makosi had sparked complaints from staff at the High Wycombe Hospital saying she shouldn't be on the show as a nurse.

Verdicts

Big Brother viewers said she shouldn't be there as an actress.

But Makosi said: "I was 100 per cent Makosi in that house. I wasn't acting at all."

Within hours of being voted out on Friday she signed up with top showbiz manager Jonathan Shalit. She now hopes, with his guidance, to become a powerful star in her own right.

Source: News of the world