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By Evarist Baimu Nyaga Mawalla - Home

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Having obtained the order the solicitor first informed the <strong>Home</strong> office of itscontents on the telephone and subsequently faxed a copy to the chiefimmigration officer. At about 1.40 am the minister’s private secretary, who was bythen aware of the terms of the order and had spoken to a representative of theTreasury Solicitor, contacted the resident derk of the Foreign and commonwealthOffice and asked him to contact Kinshasha immediately and arrange for M to bemet on arrival by officials from the British Embassy, who should look after himand help him to return provided that he wanted to do so. However, it was notpossible to contact the British Embassy until 7 am the following morning. In themeantime the minister had been informed of what had been arranged.When the plane carrying M arrived at the airport at Kinshasa he was not met andwas presented by his escort to the Zaire immigration authorities. Shortlyafterwards he was seen by an official of the embassy. He told the official that hewished to return to Lonon and he was booked on a flight due to leave Kinshasaat 9 pm that evening. His travel documents were taken for a return visa to beendossed on them.No application was made to Garland I at 10.30 am on 3 May in accordance withthe terms of the order, through a message was left with his clerk that the <strong>Home</strong>Office whished to make an application and would be in touch again as soon aspossible.During the morning discussions took place between the minister and his officialsbut he concluded that the case raised issues of such importance that theinstructions of the Secretary of State, Mr Baker should be sought. A meeting with550

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