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Asked why the Home Office was issuing new guidance on returning asylum seekers to Zimbabwe and what had changed in Zimbabwe to effect the change, the PMS said that the situation had been kept under review and was recognition of progress in the country and that there was a new Government in place. The PMS said that the change in policy in 2006 had been for a temporary period. But clearly if a court decided that someone would be at risk if they were returned then they would not have to return, but that would be a matter for the courts.
Asked if the changes would come into force with immediate effect, the PMS said that the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Unified Tribunal Service (IAC) would be hearing a country guidance case very shortly which we expected to reflect the changes in the country in recent years. Therefore we were waiting to hear the outcome of that before returns started but we were making the policy changes today.
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