Australia speaks on Zim envoy’s asylum request
CANBERA — Australian Immigration minister Scott Morrison has said he would judge a request for asylum by Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Australia on its merits.
View ArticleNothing to lose by granting Zwambila asylum: Former Australian FM
The former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer says the Federal Government has nothing to lose by granting asylum to Zimbabwe's outgoing ambassador Jacqueline Zwambila.
View ArticleMakuvise denies claiming asylum in Germany
Hebson Makuvise, the outgoing Zimbabwe ambassador to Germany, has denied claiming asylum in that country, saying he’s going back home after his four year stint in Berlin.
View ArticleCommonly asked questions on settlement for refugees
This is a three part series on commonly asked questions regarding settlement protection. I have received many questions from people who have been granted 5 years refugee status. This leave to remain is...
View ArticleZim asylum seeker in UK benefits fraud
LONDON - Zimbabwean asylum seeker Sandra Murenha claimed benefits in the UK even though she was working in a job that she had obtained by lying.
View ArticleNowhere to go: Life as a destitute asylum seeker in Belfast
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...
View ArticleFailed asylum seeker admits drugs possession
A Zimbabwean reveller was caught trying to take drugs into a club in the United Kingdom. Failed asylum seeker Dalton Mtengwa blamed an unnamed man for handing him the packets of amphetamine outside...
View ArticleTwo Zimbabweans jailed over fraud in Ireland
BELFAST, Ireland – Two Zimbabwean men discovered in a north Belfast flat, which was being used as a counterfeiting factory, have been jailed for their roles in the enterprise. The post Two Zimbabweans...
View ArticleZimbabwean set for UK deportation Tuesday
London - A 26 year-old Zimbabwean man, Melusi Mathema, who is currently being held at the Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre in Lincoln, after his asylum claim failed, is set to be deported tonight...
View ArticleWe prefer voluntary returns: UK Minister
London - The Minister of State in the UK Home Office, James Brokenshire, has this week said the British government would prefer Zimbabweans with no legal basis to stay in the country to leave...
View ArticleZim Diaspora calls for UK moratorium on deportations
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. The post Zim Diaspora calls for...
View ArticleLawyers stop deportation of Zimbabwean man in the UK
LONDON - A last minute court injunction stopped the deportation of Melusi Mathema, a 26 year-old Zimbabwean man, who is currently being held at the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre near Heathrow...
View ArticleSA work permit renewal shock
Over two million Zimbabweans are believed to be resident in South Africa for political and economic reasons. The majority of them have been living in fear following statements by the SA Home Office...
View ArticleMDC condemns SA govt u-turn on work permits
The MDC-T SA has reacted with shock and horror to today’s directive by the South African Department of Home Affairs instructing its officials to stop processing any document related to the Zimbabwe...
View ArticleZim nationals ‘worst affected’ by changing SA immigration laws
The sweeping changes to South Africa’s immigration laws, which came into effect this week, are set to have the biggest impact on the hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans working there. There has been...
View ArticleFate of Zimbabweans in SA to be decided
PRETORIA - The fate of Zimbabweans in South Africa with documents acquired through the special dispensation is yet to be decided, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday. "The permits, now...
View ArticleUK-based Zanu PF agents creep out of the woodwork
Scores of UK-based ZANU PF activists who have been lying low are coming out into the open and forming branches of the political party as they demonstrate their support for the regime. The latest branch...
View ArticleZim Vigil declares war on Zanu PF UK
The Zimbabwe Vigil pressure group based in London has requested a meeting with the UK Home Office Secretary Theresa May to discuss the operations of Zanu PF in the country. This comes after Mugabe’s...
View ArticleHope for foreigners with discretionary leave to remain in the UK
Most people who were granted Discretionary Leave to Remain in the UK are not entitled to free University education in the UK until they have Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). And it can take up to 10...
View ArticleShould Zanu PF members in the UK lose their refugee status?
I recently read an article written by a prominent website about Zanu PF agents crawling out the woodwork and I felt my skin crawl. Not again! Of course, in the society that we have created (and by this...
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