Church hits at Zimbabwe deportations

[T_i_B]

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1514974,00.html

The Church of England demanded last night that the government stop its forced removal of asylum seekers to troubled Zimbabwe.
The call came as a cabinet rift over this emotive issue threatened to widen, with ministers understood to have expressed profound concerns about the government returning people to a country whose President, Robert Mugabe, is under attack for abuses of human rights.

One senior government source said the Home Office policy of forced returns was 'outrageous'. The disquiet comes as fears grow over conditions in Zimbabwe, where the homes of opposition activists have been razed to the ground by Mugabe's soldiers recently.

'The worsening situation as Mugabe bulldozes people's homes means that we can't guarantee people's safety. I find it incredible that we are still sending people back,' the government source said.

[Vladimir]

1. Well they are quite right over the

specifics, but this is just one part of a broader policy which has countries deemed safe or unsafe based on the prevailing political winds and not any factual reality on the ground...

[T_i_B]

2. That's very true

This is the result of the government kowtowing to the likes of the right wing tabliod press I'm afraid.