Zimbabwe


  1. Recent Case Law.

  2. Reports.

  3. Country Profile.

  4. Categories of Asylum seekers.

  5. Return.

  6. Articles.

  7. Human Right Act.

  8. News.

  9. General Information.

  10. Home Office Reports.

  11. Latest.

  12. Links.

1.  Recent Case Law

  • HS (Zimbabwe) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. [2009] EWCA Civ
  • RN (Returnees) Zimbabwe v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. CG [2008] UKAIT 00083
  • SM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 768 (16 June 2008)
  • RN (rule 23(5): respondent’s duty) Zimbabwe [2008] UKAIT 00001
  • KM (Zimbabwe) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. [2008] EWCA Civ 1337. 
  • SK (Zimbabwe) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. [2008] EWCA Civ 1204. 
  • TC (Zimbabwe) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. [2008] EWCA Civ 1269. 
  • DN (Zimbabwe) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. [2008] EWCA Civ 1339.
  • Chikwamba (FC) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. [2008] UKHL 40.
  • BK (Zimbabwe) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. [2008] EWCA Civ 510.
  • SC (Zimbabwe) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. [2007] EWCA Civ 1278
  • RS (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 839 (18 July 2008)
  • HS (Returning Asylum Seekers) Zimbabwe v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. CG [2007] UKAIT 00094. 
  • R (on the application of FD (Zimbabwe)) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. [2007] EWCA Civ 1220. 
  • AA (Zimbabwe) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. [2007] EWCA Civ 149.
  • DM (Timing of Funding Application) Zimbabwe v. Secretary of State for the Home Department.
  • OM (AA(1) Wrong in Law) Zimbabwe v. Secretary of State for the Home Department. 
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2. Repots.


U.S Department of State Human Rights Practice Reports

Human Righs Watch Reports

Amnesty International Reports

UNHRC Reports

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3. Country Profile.


Wikipedia- Country Profile

BBC News -Country Profile

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4. Categoires of Asylum seekers.


Members of religious minorities Click here

Members of ethnic minorities Click here

Imputed political opinion. Click here

Membership in a particular social group Click here

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5. Return.

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....Zimbabwe and the UK’s Caring Border Agency

The deportation of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe has been halted, the United Kingdom has announced. The fate of the asylum seekers has assumed center-stage for debate among British politicians and human rights activists and the government is facing all-round pressure to free thousands of Zimbabweans held in immigration detention centers across the UK....Britain Halts Deportation of Zimbabwe Asylum Seekers

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6.

Articles.


AA( Risk for involuntary returnees) Zimbabwe CG[2006] UKAIT 00061.

On AA Zimbabwe's return to the Court of Appeal, the Court held on 6 March 2007 (at [2007] EWCA Civ 149) that the Tribunal had erred in law in failing to consider significant parts of the oral evidence of two former members of the Zimbabwean military intelligence that went to support an asylum seeker's case that involuntarily returning failed asylum seekers faced a real risk of serious ill-treatment upon their arrival at the airport in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe: Chingoka Almost Denied UK Visa

Terrance Rangermade a report in relation to the recent situation in Zimbabwe.

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7. Human Right Act.

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8. News .


Although the government has pledged not to remove Zimbabweans from the UK, two immigration judges have approved Phiri's removal on the grounds he entered the country on a Malawian passport.MPs fight to stop deportation of activist

Amnesty International says women suffer most from rights abuses in ...

Mugabe renders Zimbabweans stateless

Uk Parliament debate on Zimbabwe

Behind the Headlines, Transcript 8 March 2007.

4 Zimbabwean workers lose UK appeal

Zimbabwe refugee: 'I could not take the torture if I am forced back'

UK Foreign Secretary answers questions on Zimbabwe

Behind the Headlines, Transcript 8 March 2007.

Human Rights Forum report shows shock rise in abuses

Commenting on today’s determination by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal on Zimbabwe, Immigration Minister Liam Byrne said:

Update on the situation of Zimbabwean asylum seekers [August 2006]-Refugee Council

Zimbabwe: The great betrayal by a Black government

Sex for asylum victim to be deported

Zimbabwe: Call for SADC Action

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9. General Information.


General info........


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10. Home Office Reports.


The Country of Origin Information Reports, Home Office

Country Specific Asylum Policy OGNs, Home Office

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11. Latest.


Latest news........

A mother and her two daughters who say they sought sanctuary in Britain after fleeing persecution in Zimbabwe face deportation because an immigration judge says they are lying... click here for more information

Britain is preparing to expel hundreds of failed asylum-seekers back to Zimbabwe because the government believes they are at no "general risk" in their home country, a newspaper reported Sunday....Britain to expel up to 1000 Zimbabweans: report

An asylum seeker from Zimbabwe is facing his seventh Christmas in the UK awaiting a final decision on whether or not he is to be deported. ...Asylum seeker's seven year wait

HS case See here for the determination.

Zimbabwe: Five Female Zimbabwe Detainees Go On Hunger Strike in UK

Human Rights Watch Calls for Monitors to Check Abuses in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe asylum test case hearing opens

Report: Zimbabwe Human Rights Violations Is On The Rise

UK names new country guidance case for Zim asylum seekers
Sex-for-asylum whistleblower wins appeal

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12. Links.

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