a high flying academic who travels the world as a government adviser is set to be deported from britain under 'barmy' new visa laws   because she is out of the country more than 180 days a year dr miwa hirono, 38, is originally from japan but has been living in the uk since becoming a lecturer at the university of nottingham seven years ago the world renowned academic's work   which helps the uk government to set foreign policy   requires her to spend long spells working in china and africa set to be deported: miwa hirono with her husband, peter trebilco, 61, and one year old son tada, must leave britain under 'barmy' new visa laws  in 2009 and 2010 she spent around 200 days abroad researching china's foreign peacekeeping and humanitarian operations but home office immigration laws now state that people working in the uk on a migrant visa cannot be out of the country for more than 180 days each year and despite the fact dr hirono does research for a government funded organisation and her baby son was born in britain, the home office has decided to deport her her university colleagues have slammed the decision as 'vindictive and bone headed' but the home office has refused to back down today, dr hirono, who lives in beeston, notts, with her husband peter trebilco, 61, and their one year old son tada, said: 'it came as a massive, utter shock 'my australian husband quit his job to join me in the uk as a family i bought a house in beeston two years ago and gave birth to my son here 'i have my life here, everything is here but i have to give up everything battle: dr hirono's university colleagues have slammed the decision as 'vindictive and bone headed' 'it is idiocy the government funded my research and now they are penalising me for hard work and contributing to their policies 'i have one published paper which is uploaded on the uk embassy in beijing's website they changed the visa rule in 2012 and have applied it retrospectively to my travel in 2009 and 2010 'what has happened to me is absolutely wrong and everyone understands my point except the home office 'i thought this was a democratic country with natural justice but it doesn't seem that way' dr hirono, an expert in international relations, has decided not to appeal the decision because the cost of the process would make it 'impractical' instead she has taken a job at a university in kyoto, japan, and the family are leaving the uk on march 29 her husband peter said the home office decision has caused the family to uproot their whole life left with no choice: dr hirono, an expert in international relations, has decided not to appeal the decision because the cost of the process would make it 'impractical' he added: 'it tears at your heart because we've gone to great lengths to make good friends in the neighbourhood and we're very supportive and contribute to the community 'we're having to tear our son out of nursery, give up a home we've established, with neighbours we're very fond of, and none of that is our doing 'it's an inflexibility   the law does not have the capacity to deal with individual situations it's our whole life' dr hirono came to the university of nottingham in 2008 on a prestigious five year research council uk fellowship, which then became a permanent role but when applying to extend her visa last march, she was banned and told she would be deported because of the foreign travel aspect of her job university bosses even wrote to the home office to tell officials that the trips were part of her job in december, dr hirono won an appeal against the home office with a judge suggesting it would not be in the national interest to deport someone who had 'made a significant and profound contribution to the academic framework of higher education in this country' but that ruling was later overturned and immigration bosses confiscated the family's passports a year ago professor mathew humphrey said dr hirono's research had had a significant impact on policy towards china, including on the uk's co operation programme with the country unsympathetic: government officials told her she could keep in touch with friends in the uk via skype after ruling her private life should be given 'little weight' philip cowley, professor of parliamentary government at the university, said: 'it is pure madness for the government to be driving out an expert on what is probably the most important foreign policy challenge of the next decade 'both from a human perspective and from the interests of the uk, this is indefensible' dr hirono's local mp, anna soubry, even wrote to home secretary theresa may asking her to consider the decision, but no action was taken a home office spokesperson said: 'ms hirono's application for indefinite leave to remain was refused in july 2014 because she had spent more than 180 days outside the uk' government officials told her she could keep in touch with friends in the uk via skype after ruling her private life should be given 'little weight' dr hirono said she believes her case will have a wider impact on the uk's ability to hire foreign professionals she added: 'this could mean the uk loses its capacity to hire any foreign professional on a permanent basis 'who would want to stop their live elsewhere and move everything to the uk only to be kicked out after five years'
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dr miwa hirono has been a lecturer at university of nottingham for 7 years  she is originally from japan and her research is famous around the world  in 2010 she spent around 200 days abroad on a humanitarian operation  law made in 2012 denies migrant visas to those out uk for over 180 days  rule to be applied retrospectively so it takes her previous trip into account  despite working for a government funded group, she must leave britain  she believes inflexibility will stop top professionals wanting to work in uk 