UK is sending 11,000 Mugabe refugees back – The Guardian

Posted July 7th, 2008 in asylum, news, Zimbabwe by sally

“Attempts by Gordon Brown to use a meeting of G8 leaders this week to campaign for tougher action against Zimbabwe are in danger of being undermined by claims that Britain is forcing as many as 11,000 Zimbabweans seeking refuge here to make a stark choice between destitution or returning home to possible torture or death. Letters obtained by The Observer show that the Home Office continues to order failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers to return home in the face of mounting violence.”

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The Guardian, 6th July 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk