Zimbabwe: South Africa Govt Facing Contempt Charges Over Refugee Office Closures

23 November 2012
SW Radio Africa (London)
By Alex Bell

The South African government could soon face being charged with contempt of court, as part of an ongoing battle by human rights groups to stop the closure of refugee reception offices across the country.

There are now only three offices left open across South Africa since the authorities started closing the facilities last year, as part if what is understood to be a change in the government's immigration policies. The government is believed to be in the process of relocating all refugee offices to the borders, a plan that has been slammed as an attempt to keep asylum seekers as close to the borders as possible, making it easier to deport them.

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