ressure to stop the mass expulsions. Lawyers for the three say that they do not know what happened to them on their arrival in Harare.
Human rights groups and MPs will increase the pressure on the Government today when they present Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, with new evidence for all 114 detainees facing expulsion. Last night officials stopped the deportation of a young woman due to be flown back to Harare.
The woman, who has been sheltering in Britain for three years, was arrested a week ago. She was savagely beaten by Zimbabwean police after her father, a known opponent of Mr Mugabe’s regime, disappeared after being abducted from their home in 2002. […]
The Prime Minister said at his monthly press conference that stopping the return of failed claimants could undermine the Government’s attempts to crack down on abuse of the asylum system. “The worry from our point of view as policymakers is that you will send a signal right across the system that Britain is again open to business on asylum claims that are not genuine.”
For a Prime Minister who prides himself on his moral standing, that’s an extraordinarily shabby statement.
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