The first group among dozens of Zimbabweans slated for deportation from Britain landed in the southern African country Thursday on a charter flight, an AFP correspondent said.
The first group among dozens of Zimbabweans slated for deportation from Britain landed in the southern African country Thursday on a charter flight, anAccording to Harare, as many as 150 of its citizens are held in detention centres awaiting removal from the UK after being convicted of crimes.
Fourteen arrived in the Zimbabwean capital on Thursday following what the UK Home Office described in a statement as “a landmark and historic agreement to return foreign national offenders”. UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel, said the Zimbabweans “committed murder, rape and other despicable crimes.” Last-minute legal challenges against the deportations delayed the removal of many among the 50 scheduled to be on the first flight.
Tendai Biti, vice-president of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, urged Britain to reconsider.
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