Archive for Category: "Asylum"

UK plans Zimbabwe asylum removals

UK plans Zimbabwe asylum removals

The UK Home Office has announced it wants to resume the removal of failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers. Immigration minister Phil Woolas said the ground was being cleared to start enforced returns “as and when the political situation develops”. The BBC understands the UK Border Agency could start returns in the New Year, but no firm [...]

UK makes changes to asylum system

UK makes changes to asylum system

Dear Sir/Madam, I wanted to let you know of an operational change we are making to the way we manage applications for asylum and further submissions. A WMS has been published on this issue today outlining the following changes: • Further submissions must be presented in person by the applicant • All in-country asylum applications [...]

Good news for Zim asylum seekers in UK

Good news for Zim asylum seekers in UK

By Tichaona Sibanda Thousands of Zimbabwean asylum seekers are to benefit from the relaxation of immigration laws by the British government. From July, the UK government quietly loosened the immigration rules for asylum seekers in order to clear a backlog of cases. The British government two years ago halted its policy of returning Zimbabwean asylum [...]

UK to grant amnesty to asylum seekers

UK to grant amnesty to asylum seekers

By Tom Whitehead At least 144,000 asylum seekers will be allowed to stay in Britain due to a backlog of claims. More than 63,000 of the 450,000 historic cases that were found to have slipped under the radar for years have now been told they can stay. Many are because they have been in the [...]

ROHR & ZimVigil exploiting asylum seekers

ROHR & ZimVigil exploiting asylum seekers

Editorial Several days ago as editor of this website, I had to make the difficult decision of whether or not to publicise and expose allegations that human rights group Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe (ROHR) and its sister organisation the Zimbabwe Vigil were exploiting desperate Zimbabwean asylum seekers in the United Kingdom. In the [...]

New twist in asylum support letters scandal

New twist in asylum support letters scandal

By Brilliant Pongo The ‘pay and we will support your claim’ scandal allegedly involving some of the Zimbabwean organisations in the UK, such as ROHR, ZimVigil and the MDC UK has now taken a new twist, with claims that the £120 charged by ROHR for a support letter is just the tip of the iceberg. [...]

UK Asylum for £120, talk to ROHR Zim

UK Asylum for £120, talk to ROHR Zim

By Brilliant Pongo A Zimbabwean human rights pressure group Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe (ROHR) is at the centre of an asylum storm in the United Kingdom after allegations  that they are charging £120 annual subscriptions for ‘letters of activity’ to be used in asylum claims. Led by expelled former MDC UK Chairman Ephraim [...]