Zimbabwe: Hunger Striker Deported to Malawi

13 September 2007

Rose Phekani, one of the five Zimbabwean women who went on hunger strike on Monday at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre in Bedford, was deported to Malawi on Wednesday evening. She is now in danger of facing a lengthy jail term in a Lilongwe prison for fraudulently acquiring a Malawian passport.

Newsreel learnt on Thursday that authorities in Malawi have vowed to crackdown on all Zimbabweans who get deported to their country for using their passports. Its reported authorities there are still furious that all Malawians are now being requested to apply for UK visas, because of the large number of Zimbabweans who were travelling on fake Malawi passports.

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