The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) on Friday dismissed an appeal by a
Zimbabwean woman, known only as HS, whose legal team argued that there was
an automatic risk of persecution for asylum seekers deported from the UK.
“We do not accept either that all those seen as having claimed asylum in the
United Kingdom will be thought to be supporters of the MDC on that account
alone. After all, there would be little point in sending CIO operatives to
infiltrate groups in the United Kingdom if everyone retuned was, in any
event, to be presumed to be a supporter of the MDC and an enemy of the state
qualifying for detention and interrogation,” said the judges.
“As we have repeatedly made clear, the Government has grave concerns about
the appalling human rights situation in Zimbabwe, and continues to press for
an end to abuses. We will continue to provide protection for those asylum
seekers with a genuine need for our protection. However, not every
Zimbabwean in the UK needs asylum,” said a Home Office spokesman. – Staff
reporter
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