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Original Post Date: 2002-11-08 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 11/8/2002 5:10:34 PM
Mugabe imposes "smart sanctions" on Britain!!
[Note: This is funny. This is cheeky Mugabe at his finest – back in your face!! Thumbing his nose!! I can’t help but laugh. Jan]
Harare – President Robert Mugabe’s government announced late on Thursday night it would impose its own “smart sanctions” against Britain, as well as visa requirements for any Britons visiting Zimbabwe. A statement attributed to an unnamed government spokesperson and broadcast on state radio said 120 British political figures, led by prime minister Tony Blair, would be banned from travelling to Zimbabwe. Also on the banned list were the Westminster Foundation and the Zimbabwe Democracy Trust, British-based charities aiming at fostering democracies in Third World countries. Both organisations have been repeatedly denounced for allegedly plotting to overthrow Mugabe. The new measures would take effect immediately, the radio said.
The statement followed an announcement in London earlier Thursday by British Home Secretary David Blunkett that from Saturday on, Zimbabweans visiting Britain and passing through its airports in transit would have to obtain visas before they would be allowed in. Blunkett said the move was “to deal with what is very significant abuse of our immigrations controls by Zimbabwean nationals. “Large numbers are refused entry to the UK and returned, others are granted short term entry but fail to return home. In addition, the UK has experienced increasingly large numbers of unfounded asylum claims from Zimbabwean nationals,” he said. At a press conference in Harare, British high commissioner Brian Donnelly denied that the move was related to the war of words between Harare and Whitehall as Zimbabwe accuses Britain of being behind a grand Western plot to invade the small central African country and overthrow its 78-year old leader. However, within three hours, Harare had responded with its own version of the travel bans and asset seizures imposed on Mugabe and his close political circle by the United States, the European Union, Australia, Switzerland and New Zealand.
Zimbabwe has found itself increasingly isolated by the rest of the world, protesting against Mugabe’s campaign of lawless seizures of white farms, the bloody repression of political opponents and the fraudulent presidential elections that returned him to power in March. No comment was immediately available from the British high commission here, but observers questioned the usefulness of sanctions against British politicians unlikely to want to visit here while Mugabe is still in power, and who have no property here. Also listed as banned was Short Wave Radio Africa, the London-based private radio station broadcasting into Zimbabwe as an independent voice, and four of its announcers. All four are Zimbabwean nationals, and lawyers questioned how they could be banned from returning from their home country.
About 100 000 Zimbabweans are estimated to be living in Britain “ nicknamed “Harare North” – as economic collapse and political repression created a flood of emigrants looking for new lives in the former colonial power. Donnelly said there were no official records of the number of illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe. However, he said about 2 500 Zimbabweans last year were sent back home after arriving at British airports without satisfactory documentation. In the first three months of the year, 900 had been sent back already, a sharp proportional increase. Last year, 2 115 Zimbabweans applied for asylum in Britain, but only 115 were successful, he said. However, in the first six months of this year, the applications had grown to 2 800, of which 600 were granted asylum. A total of 60 000 Zimbabwean visitors entered England last year.
Source:IOL (SA)
Published: Fri 8-Nov-2002
URL: http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID…br>