UK Labour Party considers processing asylum seekers overseas
The opposition Labour Party in the UK is considering plans to process some asylum claims overseas to discourage many from making the dangerous journey across the Channel in boats.
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The opposition Labour Party in the UK is considering plans to process some asylum claims overseas to discourage many from making the dangerous journey across the Channel in boats.
At least 29 migrants have died after at least two boats sank off Tunisia’s coast within hours of each other, officials say. The sub-Saharan migrants were trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Italy.
Some asylum seekers who arrive in the UK on small boats across the Channel will be given a one-way ticket to Rwanda, under new government plans.
Zimbabwean asylum seekers who were forced to attend meetings with officials from their home country have been threatened with removal, in a move believed to be part of an agreement to “repatriate” thousands of failed asylum seekers to the country.
Many Zimbabweans who applied for asylum in South Africa say they are now scared of renewing their permits following an increase in the number of those that are arrested and deported while attempting to update them.
The UK government is being urged to consider implementing a moratorium on the deportations of failed Zimbabwe asylum seekers, because of the worsening situation there.
Stanley Phiri cannot take the most basic of needs for granted. The 21-year-old Zimbabwean has no permission to work and is dependent on charities to feed and clothe him. I met him at Common Grounds coffee shop in south Belfast, where he volunteers.
A growing number of Zimbabwean asylum seekers in South Africa are reporting being refused refugee protection, amid fears that the decision to endorse the Zim elections has resulted in a change of immigration policy across the border.
Concern has once again been raised for the safety of a UK based Zimbabwean activist, facing a second deportation threat by the British authorities this week. Nottingham based Trevor Chanetsa is set to be forcibly removed Wednesday night
Attempts by the British Government to force Zimbabwean asylum-seekers to return home and lie about their political allegiance to avoid persecution will be challenged in the Supreme Court today.