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African mediators were set to meet on Friday with President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in a bid to revive Zimbabwe's unity deal, paralysed over the arrest of an aide to the premier. Tsvangirai, the former opposition leader, joined...
Tags: Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, president robert, Harare International Airport, innings zimbabwe, Movement for Democratic Change, situation innings, asylum seekers, failed asylum
A Government scheme to help failed asylum seekers return home resulted in just one family leaving the UK, it was reported today. The Children's Society said the scheme, which ran for less than a year, failed because of the government's confused approach.
Tags: asylum seekers, government scheme, family leaving, help failed, failed asylum, Society, confused approach, seekers returns
The British court of appeal has ruled that failed asylum seekers are not entitled to free treatment on the National Health Service. However, the three-judge appeal bench ruled that NHS hospitals could decide at their own discretion whether to treat failed...
Tags: failed asylum, asylum seekers
Families of failed asylum seekers awaiting deportation will be housed in former council flats in Glasgow, before being sent back to their country of origin, the Home Office said. A spokesman told The Scotsman last night: "We are looking at the possibility...
Tags: failed asylum, Dungavel
It emerged separately today that the population of the UK grew by nearly two million between 2001 and 2007. The Office of National Statistics said the number of people in Britain reached 60,975,000 by the middle of last year, up 388,000 on mid-2006. Home...
Tags: eastern european, Britain, asylum seekers, failed asylum, european migrant, Yarl's Wood
The abuse has been detailed by groups co-ordinating the representation and medical care of failed asylum-seekers. The report says: "This dossier provides evidence of widespread and seemingly systematic abuse of one of the most vulnerable communities of...
Tags: failed asylum, security teams, asylum seekers, Home Office, sanctioned violence