Home Office to deport Zimbabwean family who fled Mugabe's regime

[IndianaGreen]

Source: The Independent (UK)

Home Office to deport Zimbabwean family who fled Mugabe's regime

Woman whose husband was killed for his links to the opposition has claim for asylum rejected after eight years in UK

By Jane Merrick and Emily Dugan
Sunday, 14 December 2008

A Zimbabwean woman and her two daughters who fled the Mugabe regime are to be deported from Britain despite promises by the Government to protect the country's citizens.


Priviledge Thulambo, 39, whose husband was murdered by Robert Mugabe's men, and her children are being detained in a controversial immigration centre after being seized by immigration officers on Friday.

Friends of the family said the Home Office would be guilty of "murder by the back door" by deporting the three women. They are all Zimbabwean nationals, but because they entered the UK on Malawian passports – the only way they could escape the Mugabe regime – eight years ago, they have had their claims for asylum rejected.

After spending Christmas in the grim surroundings of the Yarl's Wood detention centre, they will be forced on to a flight to Malawi on 29 December. Because of their Zimbabwean nationality they are likely to be immediately sent to their home country, where they face torture or death.

They are in this desperate situation despite UK government policy that no Zimbabwean nationals will be sent back there unless they are members of the ruling Zanu-PF party.

It follows criticism last week of the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, who warned cabinet colleagues of an "influx" of Zimbabwean refugees fleeing the cholera outbreak.


Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-to-deport-zimbabwean-family-who-fled-mugabes-regime-1066094.html

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This is nothing but cold blooded murder. It would be more compassionate to shoot them to death now than to have them been tortured and raped by Mugabe's thugs before they are ultimately killed.

[jetphixer]

1. Connection??BUSH??

Are these folks in bed with BUSH?? Sounds like his mentality This is unbelievable How a western country would do this 2 anyone

[zelta gaisma]

2. stupidity and cruelty know no borders

[sasquatch]

3. Flee to Canada

[Posteritatis]

9. We aren't much better at this crap lately, sadly (nt)

[davidthegnome]

4. What the hell are they thinking?

Damn, there's gotta be a lot of people pissed off in Britain right now. No way the home office will get away with this one. A damn shame we've got these right wing-assholes in every Country.

[dipsydoodle]

5. Nothing changes the fact

that they bluffed their way into the UK using Malawi passports - Malawi is Commonealth wheras Zimbabwi isn't.

Would they have got into the USA at all ?

[awoke_in_2003]

6. they lied...

to save themselves from torture and murder? Shame on them :sarcasm:

[zelta gaisma]

7. who give a flying fu**?! hmmm... Lying to save yourself and your kids... would *I* do it? HELL YES!!

[IndianaGreen]

10. Do unto others as they would unto to you

Perhaps if they had blond hair and blue eyes they would have not been deported.

[dipsydoodle]

12. Colour of hair etc is immaterial.

and you don't need to even hint at racism. Most racism in the UK is not black/white : its between blacks & Asians and Hindus & Sikhs. <in the UK the term Asian refers to those whose family origins are Indian sub-continent only>.

Total population of the UK is c. 61 million inclusive of immigrants 4.5 million and growing. Immigration is primarily from Commonwealth countries and latterly the EU.

Total population of the of the USA is c. 300 million. By proportion that is the equivalent of the USA having 22.5 million immigrants more or less recent immigrants.

Can your systems withstand that number ? The UK's cannot.

I suppose what might be more material would be could Indiana support and withstand 7% of their population of c. 6.5 million being recent immigrants ?

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[Richard Steele]

14. Nothing changes the fact that your "point" is incredibly irrelevant.

At least, it's irrelevant to folks who think
rape, murder and torture are extroardinarily
bad things, and that basic human decency requires
helping others to avoid them.

[ohio2007]

8. what country are they being deported to ?

I doubt Zimbabwe will flip the bill to bring them home.

[IndianaGreen]

11. Zimbabwe

They have been condemned to death by the British.

[Critters2]

15. They're being sent to Malawi, because that's where they claimed to be from.

Malawi will send them back to Zimbabwe, almost certainly. What they'll face there is truly horrible. The Brits should be ashamed.

From the OP:
"they will be forced on to a flight to Malawi on 29 December. Because of their Zimbabwean nationality they are likely to be immediately sent to their home country, where they face torture or death."

[mainegreen]

13. They will be tortured, starved, and most likely executed. n/t

[thulambocampaign]

16. Campaign to stop the deportation of the Thalumbo family - facebook campaign page

In 14 days time, on December 29th, Priviledge Thulambo and her 2 daughters Valerie (20) and Lorraine (18) will be forcibly put on Flight KQ101 bound for Malawi.

This will almost inevitably result in deportation to their homeland of Zimbabwe and their potential torture and death, a fate, which previously befell her husband, mother and brother causing her to flee Zimbabwe in the first place.

Only with your help and numbers can we make a difference to this wonderful family, who have provided so much to their local community.



You can read their story in more detail in this article published in the Independent on Sunday:



Home Office to deport Zimbabwean family who fled Mugabe's regime



In order to show your support to stop their deportation, please join the Campaign group that has been set up on Facebook at this link:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44350166206#

CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE DEPORTATION OF PRIVILEDGE THULAMBO AND HER DAUGHTERS



If you don’t have a Facebook login, just create one using your email address and a password – it’s a simple process and adding your support will help us clearly demonstrate the number of people who know that this is unacceptable and want it to stop.