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Zimbabwean woman set to be deported from the UK, activists asks for help
12 Dec 2011 at 18:51hrs | Views
A Zimbabwean activist, Gladys Mabvira, is set to spend her first Christmas in Harare in nine years as she is set to be kicked out of the UK next week.
She has been detained at Yarl's Wood for three and a half months and has now been told that she will be forcibly removed on December 18.
Gladys has managed to prevent her removal once. Bu this time Border Officials are determined to boot her out. Few Zimbabweans have been removed from the UK as either pilots refused to fly them or last minute appeals succeed. Campaigners are already fighting for Gladys's cause.
She says: "I feel let down by the UKBA. Instead of being a sanctuary for asylum seekers they frustrate and have no compassion for human rights.
My case has been complicated by the human error of UKBA themselves. I have made every possible step to prove the validity of my Further Leave to Remain application on Article 8 grounds but they still won't accept they made a mistake and spelt my name as MABVIKA instead of MABVIRA. As a result I have 2 reference numbers. All I need is justice and for someone to take the time to resolve this incompetence which has resulted in my removal directions."
Gladys has been an active member of opposition group ZAPU UK. Her open and public participation with this group, particularly her online blogging, would put her at risk if she was returned to Zimbabwe.
As elections are likely to take place in the new year in Zimbabwe, political tensions will rise and repression of opponents to the Mugabe regime will increase. A recent International Crisis Group report highlighted that violence and repression continue in Zimbabwe, despite the existence of the unity government.
Gladys' solicitors submitted an application for further leave to remain in the UK on 18 November 2011, and UKBA acknowledged receipt of this on 24 November. This application is based on the removal of Gladys' from the UK being a breach of her human rights. Gladys has lived in the UK for 9 years having first come here as a student. She has been an active and positive presence in her local community, for example through her leading role at Destiny House Church.
Activist have requested concerned people to write to the Home Secretary, Theresa May, urging her to halt the removal of Gladys and grant her sanctuary in the UK. Remember to include Gladys' Home Office Reference number: M1279585.
Write to or call Kenya Airways, the 'Pride of Africa', asking them not to be complicit in this human rights abuse.
Phone number for Kenya Airways is 020 8759 7366 and the fax number is 020 8745 5027.
The flight details are KQ101/KG702 departing London Heathrow at 19.00 on 18 December 2011.
CLICK HERE for the petition.
She has been detained at Yarl's Wood for three and a half months and has now been told that she will be forcibly removed on December 18.
Gladys has managed to prevent her removal once. Bu this time Border Officials are determined to boot her out. Few Zimbabweans have been removed from the UK as either pilots refused to fly them or last minute appeals succeed. Campaigners are already fighting for Gladys's cause.
She says: "I feel let down by the UKBA. Instead of being a sanctuary for asylum seekers they frustrate and have no compassion for human rights.
My case has been complicated by the human error of UKBA themselves. I have made every possible step to prove the validity of my Further Leave to Remain application on Article 8 grounds but they still won't accept they made a mistake and spelt my name as MABVIKA instead of MABVIRA. As a result I have 2 reference numbers. All I need is justice and for someone to take the time to resolve this incompetence which has resulted in my removal directions."
Gladys has been an active member of opposition group ZAPU UK. Her open and public participation with this group, particularly her online blogging, would put her at risk if she was returned to Zimbabwe.
As elections are likely to take place in the new year in Zimbabwe, political tensions will rise and repression of opponents to the Mugabe regime will increase. A recent International Crisis Group report highlighted that violence and repression continue in Zimbabwe, despite the existence of the unity government.
Gladys' solicitors submitted an application for further leave to remain in the UK on 18 November 2011, and UKBA acknowledged receipt of this on 24 November. This application is based on the removal of Gladys' from the UK being a breach of her human rights. Gladys has lived in the UK for 9 years having first come here as a student. She has been an active and positive presence in her local community, for example through her leading role at Destiny House Church.
Activist have requested concerned people to write to the Home Secretary, Theresa May, urging her to halt the removal of Gladys and grant her sanctuary in the UK. Remember to include Gladys' Home Office Reference number: M1279585.
Write to or call Kenya Airways, the 'Pride of Africa', asking them not to be complicit in this human rights abuse.
Phone number for Kenya Airways is 020 8759 7366 and the fax number is 020 8745 5027.
The flight details are KQ101/KG702 departing London Heathrow at 19.00 on 18 December 2011.
CLICK HERE for the petition.
Source - ncadc.cmph.org
