Refugee Information

• Zimbabwe Association (ZA) is a support network for Zimbabwean asylum seekers and refugees. For information or membership forms, contact: zimbabweassociation@yahoo.co.uk Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT, Tel: 020 7549 0355, Fax: 020 7549 0356, Website: www.zimbabweassociation.co.uk. Nearest tube: Old Street.

• Travel cards: If you are under 24 and studying at a college you may be able to buy a student travel card which will give you big discounts on fares.
  
  
• Bank Accounts: Did you know that it is possible for asylum seekers to open a bank account? Apparently the Co-operative Bank are opening accounts if you provide a bill and a signed document (letter from a solicitor also works). Click here for more details
  
  
• The Exile Files - Doctors, teachers, nurses, engineers, cricketers... 600,000 Zimbabweans are now living in the UK, forced into exile while their country disintegrates. Here, seven refugees tell Sue Summers how torture and persecution drove them out, and why now it's Mugabe's time to leave
  Read the full article from the Observer 10/09/2003