{"id":43630,"date":"2021-07-16T16:12:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T14:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=43630"},"modified":"2021-07-16T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:00:01","slug":"uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger","title":{"rendered":"UK To Deport 150 Zimbabweans, Rights Groups Warn\u00a0Their Lives In Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Morning Star<\/b> – HUMAN rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people to Zimbabwe next week, warning that their lives would be in danger.<\/p>\n

The flight, scheduled for July 21, comes after the British government reportedly struck a secret deal with President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s regime last month to deport hundreds of Zimbabwean asylum-seekers.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwean community groups in Britain said they are horrified by the Home Office\u2019s mass deportation plans given the country\u2019s \u201catrocious human rights record.\u201d<\/p>\n

Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) said the move was disturbing not only because it disregards the risk to deportees\u2019 lives but also as \u201cthis development is pursuant to a bilateral arrangement between the notorious government of Zimbabwe and the government of the United Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group said that abuses had worsened under the late Robert Mugabe\u2019s successor, including cases of state-sanctioned murder, assault, and torture of those critical of the ruling party.<\/p>\n

But the Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation claims that the Home Office\u2019s assessment of the conditions in Zimbabwe are based on the situation in 2016, with only a \u201cfew minor updates.\u201d<\/p>\n

ROHR added: \u201cThe clandestine nature of the operation and the speed at which it is being executed appears to be designed to give the victims little to no chance of access to legal representation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Home Office has already rounded up and detained 150 Zimbabwe citizens for removal next week \u2014 the first charter flight to the country since 2019.<\/p>\n

Campaigners told the Morning Star that they include people who have lived in Britain for decades, some of whom arrived as children, as well as political activists. The Home Office said that deportees are foreign criminals.<\/p>\n

ROHR is among a number of groups considering legal action to halt the flight.<\/p>\n

Human rights campaigner and Zimbabwean national Violet, who lives in Britain, warned that the risk for deportees is massive.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever deal the Home Office made with the Zimbabwean government \u2014 those people are not going to be safe at all,\u201d she told the Star.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne way or the other they will be persecuted if it\u2019s not directly through the government or they [will] organise for these people to disappear or meet up with an accident. It\u2019s happened before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Violet, who also works for the South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG), said the situation had worsened under its new leadership.<\/p>\n

SYMAAG is holding a protest against the flight today outside the Home Office\u2019s Vulcan House in Sheffield.<\/p>\n

Campaigners have described the mass deportation as \u201csystemic racism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rosie Huzzard of Walls Must Fall told the Star: \u201cIt appears that Priti Patel and her Home Office ministers are happy to strike deals with oppressive governments such as Zimbabwe to put the lives of people with well-established lives in the UK at serious risk, just to make a bit of a splash in the news.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeporting 150 black Zimbabweans, many of whom were trade unionists and democracy campaigners \u2013 which is why they fled in the first place \u2013 is systemic racism. She is leading it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Home Office said it only returns those who officials are satisfied do not need protection and have no legal basis to be Britain. A spokesperson said: \u201cForeign criminals who abuse our hospitality should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. The Morning Star – HUMAN rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people to Zimbabwe next week, warning that their lives would be in danger. The flight, scheduled for July 21, comes after the British government reportedly struck a secret deal with President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s regime […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":43629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-43630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\nUK To Deport 150 Zimbabweans, Rights Groups Warn\u00a0Their Lives In Danger - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Morning Star - HUMAN rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK To Deport 150 Zimbabweans, Rights Groups Warn\u00a0Their Lives In Danger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Morning Star - HUMAN rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-16T14:12:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-16T13:00:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/07\/img-60f182b831721.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger\",\"name\":\"UK To Deport 150 Zimbabweans, Rights Groups Warn\u00a0Their Lives In Danger - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/07\/img-60f182b831721.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-16T14:12:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-16T13:00:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\"},\"description\":\"The Morning Star - HUMAN rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/07\/img-60f182b831721.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/07\/img-60f182b831721.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"UK To Deport 150 Zimbabweans, Rights Groups Warn\u00a0Their Lives In Danger\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UK To Deport 150 Zimbabweans, Rights Groups Warn\u00a0Their Lives In Danger\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UK To Deport 150 Zimbabweans, Rights Groups Warn\u00a0Their Lives In Danger - zimbabwe","description":"The Morning Star - HUMAN rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UK To Deport 150 Zimbabweans, Rights Groups Warn\u00a0Their Lives In Danger","og_description":"The Morning Star - HUMAN rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2021-07-16T14:12:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-07-16T13:00:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/07\/img-60f182b831721.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger","name":"UK To Deport 150 Zimbabweans, Rights Groups Warn\u00a0Their Lives In Danger - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/07\/img-60f182b831721.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-16T14:12:49+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-16T13:00:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4"},"description":"The Morning Star - HUMAN rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/07\/img-60f182b831721.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/07\/img-60f182b831721.jpg","width":1200,"height":900,"caption":"UK To Deport 150 Zimbabweans, Rights Groups Warn\u00a0Their Lives In Danger"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-to-deport-150-zimbabweans-rights-groups-warn-their-lives-in-danger#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UK To Deport 150 Zimbabweans, Rights Groups Warn\u00a0Their Lives In Danger"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}