By A Correspondent- Zimbabwe Authorities have released from quarantine 13 of the 14 people who were recently deported from the UK after finishing serving jail terms they were serving for various offences.

When deporting them recently, the British government through Home Office in London described them as convicted foreign criminals.

In a tweet, the Home Office said the deportees were sentenced to a combined total of over 75 years in prison for various crimes, including rape and murder.

The British government said it wanted to keep its communities safe from criminals.