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Makosi wins right to stay in UK
Published Friday, Nov 18 2005, 15:22 GMT | By Miriam Zendle
Makosi Musambasi has won her asylum battle to stay as a refugee in the UK.
The cenral London asylum and immigration tribunal decided on Thursday that Makosi "could face violent confrontation if she returns to her native Zimbabwe, following her lewd behaviour on Big Brother earlier this summer," according to bbc.co.uk.
The Zimbabwean's antics included intimacy with winner Anthony as well as kissing many of the women in the show. She told the tribunal that she had been labelled a "lowlife lesbian" in her native country, and that she was "scared to return."
Tribunal chairman Francis Pinkerton said that "her...appearance on the show has changed things a great deal." He explained that "she is...a failed asylum seeker and we find that because she is an involuntary returnee, she is a refugee under the 1951 convention and therefore we allow her appeal on that basis." She can now remain in the UK for a further five years.
Ms Musambasi said: "My legal team have worked entirely hard for me. I thank God I can stay in the country that I love." The Home Office has expressed disappointment with the outcome and says it may appeal.
The cenral London asylum and immigration tribunal decided on Thursday that Makosi "could face violent confrontation if she returns to her native Zimbabwe, following her lewd behaviour on Big Brother earlier this summer," according to bbc.co.uk.
The Zimbabwean's antics included intimacy with winner Anthony as well as kissing many of the women in the show. She told the tribunal that she had been labelled a "lowlife lesbian" in her native country, and that she was "scared to return."
Tribunal chairman Francis Pinkerton said that "her...appearance on the show has changed things a great deal." He explained that "she is...a failed asylum seeker and we find that because she is an involuntary returnee, she is a refugee under the 1951 convention and therefore we allow her appeal on that basis." She can now remain in the UK for a further five years.
Ms Musambasi said: "My legal team have worked entirely hard for me. I thank God I can stay in the country that I love." The Home Office has expressed disappointment with the outcome and says it may appeal.
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