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South Africa: 'We Have Nowhere to Go' - Cape Town Refugees Fear the Worst After Court Grants Interdict
Daily Maverick, 18 February 2020
The court order against refugees living in Greenmarket Square, Cape Town, has sparked fears among the group, who have no clue where they will go. In seven days the City of Cape… Read more »
'No Place to Go' - Cape Town Court Rules Against Church Refugees
In seven working days, the City of Cape Town can enforce its bylaws on the refugees and asylum seekers living outside the Central Methodist Mission church on Greenmarket Square in Cape Town. Judge Daniel Thulare also ordered the City to, within seven days, provide a suitable venue for the Department of Home Affairs to process the refugees and asylum seekers, and for the City to assist those in distress, writes Jan Gerber for News24.
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South Africa: In 7 Working Days, City of Cape Town Can Enforce Bylaws On Refugees Living Outside Church
News24Wire, 17 February 2020
In seven working days, the City of Cape Town can enforce its bylaws on the refugees and asylum seekers living outside the Central Methodist Mission church on Greenmarket Square in… Read more »
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South Africa: Cape Town Church Refugees - City Granted Order to Enforce By-Laws
News24Wire, 17 February 2020
The Western Cape High Court has granted the City of Cape Town an order prohibiting refugees and asylum seekers living in and around the Central Methodist Mission church from… Read more »
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The Western Cape High Court has heard an application by the City of Cape Town in a case that may determine the outcome of the refugee protest in the city, writes GroundUp's Tariro ... Read more »
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South Africa's new rules governing asylum seekers and refugees could easily have been drafted by the Trump administration, says Sharon Ekambaram of Lawyers for Human Rights. The ... Read more »
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Since 2008, there have been numerous outbreaks of violence against refugees, migrants and asylum-seekers in South Africa. In some cases, xenophobia has been fuelled by rhetoric ... Read more »
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Human Rights Watch and the African Diaspora Forum have called for the urgent investigation and prosecution of those responsible for a spate of attacks against migrants, most of ... Read more »
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Immigrants who own shops in the Eastern Cape town of Cofimvaba say the South African National Civic Organization, together with the Intsika Yethu Business Forum, have been forcing ... Read more »
