Kelley Carter
5:19 p.m.
29 October 2009
The United Kingdoms Home Office recently announced that within the year it will begin moving Zimbabwean refugees back into the country. This is against the wished of many people that claim it is nowhere near safe enough for them to return to Zimbabwe. Nearly 28,000 Zimbabweans have sought asylum in the last decade and most are still living across the border from their mother country. They plan to return the refugees after a power sharing government between two opposition parties takes power. While there have been improvements in the amount of violence, the UK perhaps understates what is left. Refugees will be forcibly removed when the time comes. However, for those willing the UK plans to offer 2,000 Euros and up to 4,000 more for education or to start a small business. Many spokespeople claim there is too much violence to even consider reinstalling people in the region.
I think it is impossible to know whether the situation in Zimbabwe is reasonable for a family to live in without actually being able to try it yourself. I think that offering monetary reward is a good way to help the people of the region, and that small business and education incentives are important. However, I suspect that if you have to force someone to leave the squalor of refugee camps to return to their home, then there must be something seriously wrong with their home. The fact that the refugees don’t feel safe to return home yet seems to be the best indicator that the region is highly unstable and unsafe for families.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8331731.stm
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