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Zimbabwe farm attacks woman denied UK asylum
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 and shared out among President Robert Mugabe’s cronies, was akin to genocide.
20 000 Zimbabweans face deportation from UK
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 mission to Harare with the express mandate of assessing whether it was safe to return [...]
Deportation woman in UK suicide bid
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 deportation last August, was detained on a routine visit to sign on at Bethel Street police station [...]
300 Zimbabweans claim asylum in SA daily
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 per day arriving at the DHA to apply for asylum (in Musina),” said MSF [...]
Zimbabwe tops list of UK asylum seekers
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 statistics report. The account, written in a booklet called Asylum Levels and trends in Industrialised Countries 2009, [...]
Benjani’s sister goes under in Britain
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 allegedly lied about her nationality to claim asylum in the United Kingdom. Immigration officers visited her [...]
Total of 209 Zimbabweans in UK jails
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 minister how many foreign nationals are held in detention centres or prisons. In reply, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary [...]
Bogus 'immigration' lawyer jailed in UK
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 on immigration affairs by falsely claiming to be a legal expert and made more than £7,000 in [...]
UK offers cash incentives for return
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 the first steps would be taken this fall towards forcibly returning more than 10 000 [...]









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