A FAILED asylum seeker being held in a top-security detention camp last night spoke of his terror at the prospect of being sent back to his war-torn homeland.

Kissi Kilondo, who has lived in the North-East since moving from the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2001, pleaded: "Please get me out of here."

Mr Kilondo, who has had two asylum applications and appeals rejected, was arrested last week and taken into Harmondsworth detention centre, near Heathrow Airport, which also houses suspected al-Qiada members and radical Muslims accused of inciting hatred.

He has been told he will be deported on September 12 unless new evidence is provided to the Home Office.

However, last night it emerged that crucial documents that could ensure he remains in England are now in the hands of solicitors, who are planning to begin another appeal.

It is believed they confirm that Mr Kilondo would be in danger if he returned to his home country, after he was implicated in a political coup.

In his four years in this country, he has lived in Middlesbrough, where he became involved with Cannon Park Church.

Earlier this year, he was taken in by fellow churchgoer Chrisjan Dees and his family, in Middleton St George, near Darlington.

Yesterday, Mr Kilondo told The Northern Echo he was terrified for his safety if he was sent back to Congo, where more than four million people have been killed in conflict.

"I have been in England since 2001, it is my home, but I have been refused again and again," he said.

"I cannot go back (to Congo), it is dangerous.

"In Harmondsworth, it is not nice. I am scared and very, very worried for my future.

"Now my documents have arrived, I hope I have evidence so I can stay in the country. I so want to return to Darlington. I pray I can get out of here."

Kath Sainsbury, from the National Coalition for the Anti-Deportment of Refugees, said: "I understand Kissi's documents are being interpreted and will then, hopefully, be used in a fresh appeal to support his case.

"We are hopeful these documents will establish the danger he is in, and there is a high urgency as his deportation date is only really days away."

The Home Office said it could not comment on individual cases.