UK gvt refuses to favour Zimbabwe asylum seekers

Published: January 2, 2010

Sheffield(ZimEye)Despite protests from asylum seekers, the Home Office plans to resume forced deportations of Zimbabwean failed asylum seekers soon, a Home Office official has said. In a full page letter dated 7th December to an Asylum Seekers’ organisation in Sheffield, the official said that the Home Office still stands by its October announcement by Phil Woolas which sets out the current position on enforcing the return of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe.

The asylum seekers had hoped that the Home Office would upon reading the letter of protest, make a U-turn in their favour, but this was not so.

Meg Hillier, the Home Office official, stated that Phil Woolas’ announced decision would still stand. Woolas had said:

“The UK Border Agency will therefore be starting work over the autumn on a process aimed at normalising our returns policy to Zimbabwe, moving towards resuming enforced returns progressively as and when the political situation develops…”

Many Zimbabweans who are awaiting a decision on their cases fear that they will be deported back to Zimbabwe in view of the instability still in the country. Before this announcement, a temporary reprieve allowed Zimbabwean asylum seekers exemption from forced deportation. The asylum organisation which had made the protest is the South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Groups (SYMAAG) Click here for the full letter from the Home Office (ZimEye, Zimbabwe) [Pictured:Asylum seekers protest in London]

26 Comments on "UK gvt refuses to favour Zimbabwe asylum seekers"

somhlaba mthunzi on Sun, 3rd Jan 2010 12:37 am

You dont blend…if a Bulagarian or Polish whose wealth was never part of the building of this nation marries or has a child in this country bhe will speak Englaish and the colour of his skin will make him easy to be English.You fromthe so called Commonwealth should suffer and go back to hell becaue you canr blend….Go and make your country ok ands stop being dellusional….

Adam Makwembere on Sun, 3rd Jan 2010 1:27 pm

Wanhu watambura weduwe. Ngavaitewo tsitsi kani nhai

donkey dhongi on Sun, 3rd Jan 2010 7:34 pm

ahaa bhero razorira this is it ,l told u kuti munoda varungu stereki going all the way ku UK muchisiya your own country HAPANA CHAMUNENGE MAITA KANI come back home and start again ,why do u have to suffer like that ndakazvitaura ini MURUNGU HAAFE AKADA MUNHU MUTEMA ;see yourself u are not allowed to work ,they just want u to eat and sleep kusvika ma asylum cases enyu apera even if it takes 3 or 5 years ndochinyi ichocho HUYAI KUMBA VANA VEVHU HUYAI MUTANGE PATSVA I BELIEVE U HAVE LEANT A LOT OF LESSONS DIASPORA IKWEYO ;I BELIVE MAVAKUNYATSONZWISISA BABA CHATUNGA ZVAVANOMBOTAURA ;HUYAI KUMBA HATIKUROVEI KANA KUKUKANDAI MUMAJERI COME HOME AND START AGAIN ZIMBABWE IS WAITING FOR U ZIMBABWEANS ;U WILL ONLY BE FREE IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY ;EVEN IF MUINE MARESIDENT PERMITS IKOKO MUNENGE MUSIRI FREEE THE WAY U WILL BE IN ZIMBABWE ;HUYAI TIGOCHE INI NDAKAZVIPIRA KUSIYA DIASPORA IYEZVINO NDINE PURAZI REMBUDZI I HAVE GOT 2500GOATS AND EVERYWEEKEND NDINOONA PREMIERLEAGUE NDIRI MUNO MUZIMBABWE SAKA NDOTSVAKEI KU UK KUMA NGEZI HUYAI KUMBA APA

donkey dhongi on Sun, 3rd Jan 2010 7:40 pm

DZOKAI DZOKAI DZOKAI U ARE WELCOME HOME HUYAI KUMUSHA VANA VEVHU DIASPORA ITS JUST A LIFE OF FRUSTRATIONS DEPRESSION AND STRESS UNOGARA UCHINGOTYA EVERYDAY UKAONA MUPURISA HANA YOTOROVA HUPENYU HERE VAKOMANA hanzi vamwe vanoshandisa mapepa evamwe vanhu kuenda kumabasa ndochinyi ichocho hanzi vamwe vanorara muma bathroom,hanzi vamwe vagara ma 8years vasina mapepa saka murikuitei is that life kugara usina hama dzako padhuze ini handiite ,its better l stay mu zimbabwe ndichidya mbudzi ,by the way im not trying to show off or to impress lm just saying the truth,ku musha kwako ndizvooo huyai kumba mazimbabweans

samaz on Sun, 3rd Jan 2010 7:41 pm

FOOD FOR THOT, Iwe ndiwe, ini ndini. Inga takazvidzidza tese mu Grde 1 chaiyo. Mararamiro aksiyana wena. Iwe irwa hondo yako. Zvimwe wakatobudirira. Vamwe hatina chekudzokerera iyezvino. Saka taura wakazvimiririra. The other option is maybe for you to give out your details so as you can help isu vamwe vasina chekuzoita kana tadzokera. Let the Diasporans vote in the next election so we can have our say. You sound as if urikuda kushamisira. Sorry for sounding a bit rudebut sha speak for yourself wogumira ipapo or only offer words of encouragement. That might sound better.

donkey dhongi on Mon, 4th Jan 2010 9:22 am

Samaz lm sorry if l sound rude nezvandanyora but what lm saying is that its better for u people to come home and start again ,no one is perfect ,even if MDC vakapinda in power that does not change murungu kuti ade munhu mutema ,look at arabs indians ,srilanka vese vanopihwa ma pepa mu uk asi munhu mutema has got to suffer because of his skin ,hausati wambozviona ,huyai kumusha kani

zvikoni zvikoni on Mon, 4th Jan 2010 1:20 pm

ko where is chawora now ndiye kanyakuti vakataura neukba,ukba ikabvuma kusadzosa vanhu

peter kunaka on Mon, 4th Jan 2010 1:28 pm

donkey dhongi u are right my brother life here is very tough ,l was a bank manager in zimbabwe and l was living a very comfortable life back home in zimbabwe ,l left for UK in 2006 MY brother things are not easy here ,we are treated like 2nd class citzens l really regret why l lied and decided to seek aslylum life is very tough here and l also believe u people at home are now even better due to the dollarisation of the currency mwana wamai kuno kwakaoma we just eat and sleep everyday kushanda chaiko we are not allowed,l blame people varimuno mu diaspora they do not tell us the truth ,ndakauya ndichifunga kuti in 6mothns l will be having a house in zimbabwe but mwana wamai its wrong varikuzimbabwe they are better a million times iyezvino ndatove ne depression ,my wife whom l left in zimbabwe is already married again ,my daughter l dont even know when l will see her ,its very painful l really regret all what l did ,l JUST WANT TO TELL PEOPLE KUTI SOMETIMES IN LIFE BE SATSFIED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE AND HAIKUONA KUDA MARI STEREKI U WILL END UP FRUSTRATED LIKE ME ,keep it up mukoma donkey mundichengeterewo mbudzi

david chipo on Mon, 4th Jan 2010 1:33 pm

ichokwadi ichocho we are treated like animals kuno ,l miss home but ndingaende ndisina kana chinhu here weduwee ,ndongodzokera kumusha ne monarch yehembe chete ,zvinorwadza vakomana ,shamwari yangu yakaroora chembere nekuda mapepa imi munongonzwa imi,l will go home and start it is never too late in life,big up peter kunaka

songi on Mon, 4th Jan 2010 3:58 pm

apa vanhu vari kutaurirana chokwadi manje, this is nice guys. do not tell lies while you are suffering.murungu haade mutema full stop!!!

dick chihuri on Mon, 4th Jan 2010 4:21 pm

At least vanhu we are telling the truth now ,inin l have got a residency permit but ,its just the same we do not feel free kuno kumabasa its the same sometimes its better for one to be in his own country full stop ,a lot of zimbabweans they left home vasingazive zvirikuno weduwee life is tough kuno hanzvadzi dzedu dzaperera kuma nigerians mufunge,its not easy mufunge,all this is being caused ne nyaya yedesperation kuno ,many of zimbabweans are wasting their time vakangogara waiting for home office kuti iwaite depot ,its not nice kuona munhu mukuru achiridza mhere achimanikidzwa kupinda mu air zimbabwe,zvakoma hama dzangu kusina amai hakuendwi,people lets say the truth so that people home will know the real facts zviri kuno,

zvikoni zvikoni on Mon, 4th Jan 2010 4:37 pm

ndizvo neni home office yakandipa ilr but still mabatirwo acho akaoma.ndiri deputy manager pacare home but unoona kuti varungu vanokuteya zuva nezuva chavanomirira i mistake yangu kuti basa rangu ripere crb yangu ishate.munoziva kumba kuri nani ende iyo nyaya yekuti pabasa unenge uchingotaura nechirungu ivo basa rekungoti pardon pardon kwauri zvinorwadza .system yacho yese yevarungu haitide vanhu vatema.pachristmas kunenge kuchitonhora ukati uridze radio hanzi urikuita noise kutyaira motokari uri munhu mutema mwedzi haupere usina kumiswa nemapurisa.ende makamboona kuti vanokosora kakosoro keruvengo zvino anokosora neni ndinokosorawo.ndinogarobvunza musiki kuti sei zvinhu zvakadaro

samukeliso on Tue, 5th Jan 2010 8:16 pm

Donkey my friend I admire what you say above if this true but there is something which troubles me on the figures you published above, I am quoting you two different dates which you commented.
1. donkey dhongi on Sun, 3rd Jan 2010 7:34 pm

I WILL SUPPORT ZANU PF TILL I DIE;l did not go to school but now lm a proud farmer with a 3000 hectares farm what more do u want on this earth l have got 3000 goats and everyday l kill one to eat nemhuri yangu chandichada chiii
Zimbabwe for Zimbabweans.
My friend I do not mean to disrespect you, I feel there is something you are not telling us in your figures here. You mentioned that you have 3000 goats in your farm on the 7th of December now on the 3rd of January you are left with 2500 goats see the above quotes by yourself. Is this real my friend or there is something you are not telling us, how big is your family? Can your family consume 500 herds of goats in a space of 4 weeks? Are you in business? What is the nature of your business if it is there at all? What you say in the above comments it does make sense to some extent, but the figure you are giving us leaves us with a lot of questions, which can only be answered by you and you alone I say. Tell Zimbabweans who are in Diaspora the truth so that whatever decisions they take basing on your comments will be well valued, unlike creating a situation whereby people will come running back home only to find that things are not as you put down.

donkey dhongi on Tue, 5th Jan 2010 9:14 pm

Samukeliso thanks for your comments ,well l really appreciate what u have said ,here is are the facts ,l was also one of the people who was staying in UK for the past 7 years,l was married to a british woman until l decided it was better l go to my country were im more respected as a person,ndakangoti even nyangwe iri mari its better isare zvayo,it was of no use kugara urimupfumi iwe usingafare mupfungwa so l decided to come home ,ndikasviko pihwa purazi nehurumende, from there ndakatanga kutenga mbudzi hadzi kumaruzhevha bijana bijana just imagine it was for funny but after 3 years dzakatanga kuwanda zvekuti right now lm also giving other new farmers for free,the other part of the farm l decided to share it with my brother who is also doing chicken business ,my brother money is in Africa l do not want to lie to u as long as u have the capital l tell u there is no need to stay in diaspora,lm not saying vanhu vese vakapuhwa mapurazi there are making good use of them panewo vamwe mabenzi who cannot fully utilise these farms.to those in diaspora my advice is that its better people you come home and start something even from skretch lm telling you ,rather than kutambisa nguva vanhu vakangomirira home office ndofunga urikunyatsondinzwisisa,those people are wasting there lives everyday,as for ZANU PF of course l support them kunyaya yeminda but l do not agree with them like what hapenned to last elections it was unfair l believe tsvangirai won those elections BUT WHAT CAN WE DO THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO UNONGOZIVA POLITICS DZEMUZIMBABWE;IWEWE JUST FORGET ABOUT POLITICS WONGOITA CONCENTRATE ON YOUR LIFE VANHU NGATISEYEI POLITICS KUMA POLITICIANS ISU TOITA CONCENTRATE MUHUPENYU HWEDU;I hope urikundinzwisisa shaa l might not be perfect but ndirikungozamawo shamwari,vanhu vari mu diaspora l tell u for those without papers home its best shamwari,forget zvekusekwa nevanhu ,munhu wese anehupenyu hwake,as for mbudzi lm giving people shamwari as long as u like,l hope ndakupindura shamwari ,lm sorry kana ndichinge ndisina kunyatso jekesa zvandataura apa,UYEZVE IM NOT HAPPY KUONA MY FELLOW ZIMBABWEANS VACHITAMBUDZIKA KUDAI HANDIZIKUFARA U WILL FORGIVE ME PA STATEMENT YANDAKATI MUNONYANYODA VARUNGU STEREKI I BELIEVE NDAWANZA

donkey dhongi on Tue, 5th Jan 2010 9:29 pm

as for business there are lot of things which u can do muzimbabwe chaimo u can built ma chicken sheds maybe anotakura about 10 000 chickens woisa huku dzako either dzemazai or dzenyama ,u only need about 6000 dollars capitel ,wozvigarira maplot pako ,uchimuka your own time,imbofungawo shamwari kana vana chinotimba wachiita employ vanhu what about u yourself, mari iri muzimbabwe fair fair pasina political connection kune ma shelf companies l mean zvakawanda zvekuita kani but vanhu vakangodzwa kunzi purazi vanobva vatanga kusema ,some there are keeping nguruve ,some crocodiles vamwe tsuro chaidzo hwai and many more,it takes courage kudzoka kumusha but l believe as long as one ambogara mudiaspora paanozouya kumusha anenge atove nepfungwa dzakati ohh

JEBVUNGA dai watoroora kwangu on Wed, 6th Jan 2010 2:55 am

Mukoma dhongi ndaverenga zvese zvamanyora nezvamakanyora pakutanga hongu muri kuita mari asi kutaura kuno ndine shamwari dzangu mbiri dzakadzoka kumusha , wekutanga akadzoka 1.5 years ago wechipiri akadzoka 8 moths ago hapana akadzoka kumusha asinaat least 3.2 thousand pouds of money asi kutaura kuno varikundiudza kuti chavakadzokerera kuzimbabwe havasi kuchiziva nekuti nhamo yakuva vhiringidza nhamo haisi yekushaya chikafu asi nhamo yekushaya mari. saka ini ndinoti vanhu hatifanane chero zvedu tichiziva kuti home is best kana usina pekutangira haibude bhobho tsoro yacho. zvakaitasesu tajaira kunwa orage juice ndikadzokera kuZimbabwe kwacho ndobva ndatadza kuitenga orange juice yacho ndinotofa ne BB kutaura chokwadi. Kuna Blaz vakange vari Bank mnager ndinoti nehurombo kwamuri nekuti makazowana mukadzi aroriwa zvinhu zvikaramba kushanda. asi munhu akaita seni ndaigara murugare ndisina kana hope yekubva mukomboni muya munonhuwa masewage hupenyu hwese. ndobva ndakwanisa kuwana mukana wekukwidziwa ndege nasekuru vangu hanzwadzi yamai. shuwa hama dzangu ndaiva mahobho kuZimbabwe ndichichovha bhasikoro kuenda kubasa . ndauya kuno ku UK ndakasviko ita asylum ikanditorera makore matatu ikozvino ndiri mahombo kuno ku UK ndinoenda kubasa neBMW 7series chindiudzai hamadzangu pamunoti ndingashuwir kudzokera kuzimbabwe ndepapi iyo zimbabwe yacho yaindigarisa ku Rugare kwainhuwa sewage hupenyu whese? life yangu yakatochinja zvandakange ndisinaku*****ta zvachose saka veduwee ini hangu ndinongoenda kuzimbabwe kunovhakacha asi handidi kugarako zvachose ndakapihwa life ne UK saka ndomandichafira . sorry hamadzangu asi kuti nyaya dzedu dzinosiyana.

moyo mamoyo on Wed, 6th Jan 2010 1:56 pm

jebvunga wataura kana ku UK kuchikufambira gara ikoko there is no need yekuuya kuzimbabwe same as dhongi kana ku zimbabwe kuchimufambira achigocha mbudzi dzake achiona premier league let him stay there ,apa tirikuti those who feel they are better where they are then its okay tirikutaurira vaya vakangomirira vasingazivi kuti mapepa anouuya rinhii ,kana kuti those rejected ones ,haikuona kungomhanya kuuya kumusha mozonetseka futi ,lmimi u know what is the best for u,but ne dollarisation yavakuno iyi ,l tell u life its now cheaper muno muzimbabwe ,u can even rent a 3bedroomed house ku borrowdale for 350 pounds wotogara tatata

Nandi on Wed, 6th Jan 2010 4:50 pm

Donkey you are so hilarious, how much did you buy your farm? I have just about heard enough of this cold country.To be honest I haven’t suffered as much as some of my fellow countrymen.Yes I have heard some heart-breaking stories about asylum-seekers still waiting in a limbo bt am sure they can handle it. Even with that announcement I dont think anyone will be deported, take my word for it!!!
The only way to survive this side if you don’t have papers, grap an OAP (old age pensionier) with a house of course and some savings in his/her account and get pregnant or if you are a guy invest back home as much as possible in case of any inventuality…honestly this side we are all in the same level but you have to be very clever because these white people don’t want to give papers to BLACKS official!!! But bantu benkosi don’t give up you are not going anyway anytime, we are here to stay!!!. Donkey how much did you buy your farm & your 2500…I mean 3000 goats. LoL

samukeliso on Wed, 6th Jan 2010 6:29 pm

Thank for coming back to me on that at least you have cleared some air on the outstanding issues which I fully agree with you. So in other words part of that 500 herd of goats was donated to other fellow Zimbabweans who wanted to engage in similar projects while the others you utilized for your own family consumption I hope I listened very good and I mean very good there, that is a very encouraging episode though at the moment we can not verify those claims for security and other related issues, it is my first and if not the last time to hear of a Zimbabwean who can donate livestock’s for free to the needy, that’s the spirit of community we like to here from Zimbabweans thanks a lot for that, thanks again for the words of encouragement you have shared with the readers on this forum. Your farm is really massive looking at this figure 3000 hectares which is equivalent to 30 000 000 square meters meaning that each of the 4 sides in your farm is 5.477km and going around the farm i.e. the perimeter works out to 22 km and each goat of the 3000 goats as you mentioned utilizes 10 000 square meters or 1 hectare or two football grounds, I am surprised even though you have rented the other potion to your relation this is still massive.

donkey dhongi on Wed, 6th Jan 2010 8:07 pm

thanks mazimbo tambotaura wena at least its good to shed light panezvinenge zvichiitika kumushaa inini wacho l am not happy kuona vanhu vachiitwa depot kuno kumusha vachiuya vasina chinhu zvinorwadza wakomana all l am saying is if u feel that UK is good for u stay there ,if u feel zimbabwe is good huya kumba thats all,mbudzi hongu ndinopa ,what l do is ndinokupa hanzi kana dzichizenge dzabereka u will give me back say after two years or so .mushande nesimba gore rino vakomana l just pray kuti vanhu vose vanopihwa mapepa regai ndiende kunogochaaaaaa

Nandi on Wed, 6th Jan 2010 10:23 pm

Ahh Samukeliso waze wangihlekisa that donkey guy is one of these dilusional people who spend the rest of the day cooking up stories instead of facing reality…I must admit though his choice of words is appealing, very funny and totally bonkers!!

Nandi on Wed, 6th Jan 2010 10:33 pm

donkey you must have a very big family to kill a ‘goat’ everyday for gochaaring,you don’t farm chicken as well,I am sure you can afford to alternate with other dishes.

JEBVUNGA dai watoroora kwangu on Thu, 7th Jan 2010 1:21 am

inzwai machinda nehanzwadzi vanhu vari kumba vakuda kuita kaharbit kekutiudza zvinhu zvinoita kuti tichive kaupenyu kekumba hanzi he zvinhu zvanaka, hupenyu hwachipa ndine shamwaridzngu mbiri dzashupika dzadzokera kuzimbabwe, kana pane akamirira bepa rake pliz dont be discouraged nekuti richauya uyezve uchariwana. kana wariwana vana vako nevazukuru vachabennefita zvisingaite nebepa iroro.

Anonymous on Fri, 8th Jan 2010 10:19 am

i like President robert mugabe like …..!!!!i do have him at heart.

Teclah zungunde on Sun, 10th Jan 2010 12:52 am

Anonymous if you liked president Mugabe you would have loved him to retire and enjoy his pension.

Sniper AK47 on Tue, 9th Feb 2010 12:21 am

Lets cme to senses”life is not only about UK”

UK gvt refuses to favour Zimbabwe asylum seekers

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