BY BRIGHTON CHIREKA
LONDON - I never thought one day I would be sitting in my house watching ‘Big Brother’, let alone writing an article about this amazing woman. Hate her or like her, but the truth is we cannot ignore her. I had told myself not to get involved in the moral issue raised by her behaviour on the show, as I am least qualified to comment on moral issues. I have nostalgically got involved, as she has joined in the fight to remain in the UK for fear of persecution in Zimbabwe.
I thought I had misread the articles when I learnt that she was refusing to leave the country for fear of persecution because of her behaviour on the show. I have been to several Zimbabwean gatherings in the past few months and was surprised at the amount of time spent by people discussing the Makosi issue. We have to admit that Makosi has become a household name to many of us. I will address the implications of her victory to remain in the UK from the point of view of some of us who are campaigning for Zimbabwean asylum seekers.
Makosi’s victory to remain in this country has two aspects - moral and legal. It is not the first time that we as campaigners have been faced with such issues. When we go out campaigning we do not distinguish or classify asylum seekers, we just look at the situation in Zimbabwe and the risk faced by asylum seekers in general. If our assessment shows that it is not safe to return failed asylum seekers, as is the case now we will focus our campaign to highlight that risk.
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Makosis situation is entirely of her own making, she knew exactly the repercussions of her behavior if not welcomed it to have an excuse to stay why else did she leave the safe hevan of a job a a nurse to plunge herself into the limelight and behave thus. You wonder why we as a nation are tired of being abused and are know as the nation with the soft touch for all and sundry 