A MAN whose plight to return to the UK was compared to the Windrush Generation scandal has finally been allowed to come back to his family in Bolton.

Joshua Rose, aged 24, who has lived in the UK on and off since his birth, had waged a nine-month battle to return to the country from Israel. He has now been granted renewal of his passport from the UK Passport Office. Mr Rose’s mother, Dawn Ashworth said: “We received a notification that he had been given a passport by text.

“It was very, very strange. We got an admin number and then they told us his application had been accepted and his passport was sent over. We are all very happy now.” Mr Rose, was born in southern Israel in 1994 to two British parents following their emigration with his three siblings in November, 1993.

After 10 years, his parents’ marriage broke down, and in 2003 his mother brought him and his six siblings back to the UK.

The family relocated to Prestwich, with Mr Rose and his four younger siblings attending Bury and Whitefield Primary School and Broughton Jewish Primary School, Salford.

In 2007 the four younger children were taken back to Israel by their father, against Mrs Ashworth’s wishes, leading to lengthy court battles over their guardianship with the state of Israel. However, three years ago their father was murdered in Tel-Aviv and the children were allowed to return.

Over the next nine years Mr Rose decided to complete his education and national service in Israel, before wishing to relocate to be with his relatives in Bolton.