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May Makwangwala removal stayed, medically unfit to fly, high blood pressure (Posted Sunday 2nd May 2010)

May Makwangwala - Huseini Abubakar -  Still here

Both Huseini and May didn't fly, May, diagnosed with very high blood pressure, and definitely deemed medically unfit to fly by Serco/UKBA doctor at Yarl's Wood. Huseini's UKBA caseworker appears not to have been handed his medical reports until last Friday and though Huseini has not been told why the removal was stayed, it is very, very likely that he too was medically unfit to fly.

Now if May is deemed unfit to fly, surely she is not fit to be detained. That her detention and attempted deportation, were more than likely contributors to the high blood pressure, will more than likely have gone unnoticed and will stay unnoticed by UKBA!

More clear however is Huseini's case, both the GEO/UKBA doctor at Harmondsworth IRC and two independent doctors, have stated that Huseini, due to his chronic medical condition, is not fit to be detained and by default not fit to fly. He has been in detention for two months and still does not have access to the medicines he was prescribed and using whilst at liberty. Lack of prescribed medication has led to a chronic worsening of his condition.

Huseini does not have or been able to find a solicitor to take his case on.

Now have to wait and see what immigration plan to do.

Thanks to all who Emailed/faxed/phoned, your efforts are never wasted.

John O for May and Huseini


Sanctuary for May Makwangwala

May Makwangwala, a member of the Zimbabwe Women's Network is currently detained at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Friday 30th April 2010.

Zimbabwe Women's Network UK (ZIWNUK)

ZIWNUK was set up in June 2003 to focus on the issues concerning the rights and welfare of African women refugees, asylum seekers, students and migrant workers and their families living in London, as they face challenges in the process of settlement and of integrating into the UK community.

The Network was initially set up to support and empower Zimbabwean women fleeing detention and human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. Latterly however, it has taken on board the issues facing the African communities irrespective of where they originate from in the spirit of community cohesion and also the fact that many face similar problems and can share best practices on how to cope in their new environments.

When violence escalated beyond any human endurance, the people had no choice but to flee for their lives when it became clear that the government was intent on applying very strong arm tactics on those it considered as not towing their party line, things got really dangerous for many Zimbabweans.

People had to flee Zimbabwe using any available route and therefore out of danger. Many left through South Africa, Zambia, Malawi or any other route that afforded them safe passage.

May Makwangwala was one of those women who fled Zimbabwe through Malawi and she ended up in the UK to seek refuge. She has already explained this as the circumstances that led her to have a Malawian rather than a Zimbabwean passport and has proved that she is truly Zimbabwean and was only doing that for her own safety and to flee from the injustice through any available means.

On arriving in the UK, May was frightened and lost and did not know which way to turn as everything was quite new and strange to her. Fortunately, she was introduced to the Zimbabwe women's Network where she received a lot of emotional help and support.

On getting back on her feet, May became a volunteer, an ardent supporter and advocate of the Zimbabwe Women's Network where she is an active member supporting other women, particularly the young, newly diagnosed with HIV and those going through emotional turmoil due to issues related to their families back in Africa, unemployment, their immigration status, poor emotional and mental health etc.

Although she has similar issues to contend with, May is able to support and provide valuable peer support and contributes immensely to the social and emotional well being of the group as well as sharing her sewing, hair and beauty skills for the vulnerable women and generally helps to put a smile on their faces on a bad day.

Via this Email, we are appealing to you to lobby the Home Office to release May so that she can continue to live, support and be supported by the community and to continue making her contribution to the community, friends and family, her church and to be able to fellowship with her friends which will augur well for her emotional wellbeing and that of her loved ones.

Sincerely yours,

Yeukai Taruviga on behalf of May Makwangwala and ZIWNUK
taruvingayeukai@yahoo.co.uk

Please let me know of any Emails/faxes sent:

What you can do to help:
Email/Fax, Rt. Hon. Alan Johnson MP Secretary of State for the Home Office asking that May Makwangwala, Home Office ref: M1194390/2 , be granted protection in the UK. Attached "model letter" May MakwangwalaAJ.doc which you can copy/amend/write your own version (if you do so, please remember to include full name and Home Office reference number M1194390/2.

Fax: 020 8760 3132(00 44 20 8760 3132 if you are faxing from outside UK)

Emails: Privateoffice.external@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
UKBApublicenquiries@UKBA.gsi.gov.uk
CITTO@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Source for this message:

Zimbabwe Women's Network UK (ZIWNUK)

Last updated 10 November, 2011