HOME Secretary Priti Patel is under increasing pressure to halt the planned deportation of hundreds of people to Zimbabwe today following an online campaign by activists. 

More than 12,000 people have signed a petition against the Home Office’s planned deportations, with many of the individuals forced to flee to Britain having faced persecution. 

Those expected to be on the flight include people who have lived in Britain for nearly their whole life, have children who are now British residents, and have not been in prison for more than a decade.