Protesting refugees in Cape Town and Pretoria are still adamant that they want to leave SA for a country where they will feel 'safe'. The UNHCR insists that mass resettlement is not possible and has offered to repatriate refugees to their home countries -- but is urging refugees to stay in South Africa.
It's been a week since migrants and refugees were forcibly removed from the UNHCR offices at the Waldorf Arcade in Cape Town after staging a sit-in that began in early October.
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