Treatment of Zimbabwean refugees more befits Mugabe's regime than British Government

Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Chris Huhne and Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary Edward Davey today wrote to Jacqui Smith and David Miliband calling for the immediate suspension of deportations to Zimbabwe. The letter also calls for Zimbabwean refugees who are being held in secure accommodation to be released and allowed to work until the current desperate situation in Zimbabwe can be improved. Chris Huhne said: "I am concerned by the discrepancy that seems to exist between the Government’s criticism of Mugabe’s brutal regime and the treatment of Zimbabweans in this country. "Opponents of Mugabe’s regime are at serious risk of being tortured or killed if they are sent back to Zimbabwe. I am dismayed that the Home Office seems intent on pushing ahead with deportations at the earliest opportunity." Edward Davey... [read full story]