Asylum

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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By Fortune Tazvida Zimbabwean campaign groups were on Thursday frantically trying to block the deportation of Charles Ndelemani, a Zimbabwean national whose claim for asylum was rejected by the United Kingdom Home Office.…
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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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My name is Tapiwa. I am a single father of two daughters and we arrived in the UK in August 2003. I had no idea that I would be prohibited from working for the upkeep of my family. It seemed so strange I was told that I would be given money…
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Shadreck Phiri, a subservient but well-known Zimbabwean who was seized by UK immigration authorities 2 weeks ago is earmarked for deportation to Malawi tonight Thursday, 11th February 2010. He is being held at Brookhouse IRC (a…
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A suspected Zimbabwean bogus gold dealer from Bury, in the United Kingdom has been ordered to stand trial accused of targeting a restaurateur in a £70,000 con. Thabisa Moyo, aged 39, of Mossfield Close, was allegedly a member of a gang…
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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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