asylum & immigration

Mr Justice Ouseley threw out the widowed mother-of-two’s appeal to remain in the UK after she confessed to beating up ten people during two land invasions. The judge said the state-sponsored mob violence, which saw white famers’ land seized…
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More than 20 000 Zimbabwean asylum seekers whose applications were rejected could be deported by the end of the year if plans by the British coalition government are pushed through. This week the UK Border Agency sent a fact finding…
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A young Zimbabwean woman who was detained and awaiting deportation at a detention centre is being treated in hospital after taking an overdose. Roselyn Mujaranji, 24, who has been living with relatives in Bowthorpe since being saved from…
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As many as 300 Zimbabweans are arriving in South Africa per day to apply for asylum at Musina in Limpopo, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Wednesday. "We have been told by the DHA (department of home affairs) that there are 300 people…
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Zimbabweans topped the list of nationalities seeking asylum in the United Kingdom for the second year running, with a total of 7 420 asylum applications in 2009, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR's) lastest…
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The sister of Warriors captain Benjani Mwaruwari is a suspected illegal immigrant who has gone on the run in Britain. Mwaruwari, 31 - earns £40,000 a week as a striker with the Premiership's side Sunderland, but his sister Maria…
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A total of 209 Zimbabweans are being held in prisons and immigration removal centres in the United Kingdom, the government there has revealed. The revelations were made in the House of Lords when Baroness Sayeeda HussainWarsi asked a…
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A bogus legal adviser, Cephas Matanhire who conned Zimbabwean asylum seekers in the UK of thousands of pounds has been jailed for 15 months. According to the GazetteLive and Northern Echo, Matanhire swindled people who sought legal advice…
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The UK Home Office has announced that cash and aid repatriation packages worth up to £6,000 are to be offered to failed asylum seekers to go home voluntarily to Zimbabwe. Phil Woolas, immigration minister, indicated at the same time that…
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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…
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