Kent prospect Tawanda Muyeye was granted the right to remain in the UK last year after his family was forced to leave his native Zimbabwe and seek asylum.
Muyeye's mother was an active member of the Movement for Democratic Change party, which was formed in 1999 to oppose then President Robert Mugabe. As a result of her involvement with the party, she fled to England when Muyeye was just 14 due to fears over her safety.
"I had no idea why she was suddenly gone," Muyeye told New Frame. "It was so abrupt. My dad knew what was going [on] but he wouldn't say. We [Muyeye and his siblings] were all away at school so I guess they thought they could just let it slide.
