The flight is scheduled for July 21. The Independent
reports that most of them have been in the UK for decades and have British
children. One man due to be deported, Bryan Mucheriwa, has been in the UK for
20 years and has three British children.
“I feel so afraid. The Home Office called me last year to verify
my identity, but they used someone from the government in Zimbabwe to confirm
my identity. Even if I tried to relocate in Zimbabwe, someone in the government
has all my information.
“How can I cope there? I’ll be in danger. And if I’m sent
back there, I don’t know when I’ll see my kids again.”
His wife, Chenayi Mucheriwa, who has refugee status, said
immigration officials came to the house on Tuesday and started asking for her
husband.
“I felt really scared. I felt threatened. They were saying:
‘Where’s Bryan?’ They were saying I was hiding him somewhere. I didn’t know
what was happening,” she told The Independent. “He will be in danger. He was
heavily involved in opposition politics when he was there and while he has been
in the UK. People are still disappearing in Zimbabwe. It’s not safe for him
there.”
A Home Office spokesperson said it did not comment on
operational matters, but added: “Foreign criminals who abuse our hospitality
should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them.
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