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South Africa: Police End Refugees' Five-Month Occupation of Cape Town Church
GroundUp, 2 April 2020
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Refugees' Occupation of Church Ended by South African Police
An operation led by the South African Police Service has ended the occupation by refugees of the Central Methodist Church on Greenmarket Square in Cape Town. The refugees have been relocated to a city-owned property, previously identified by Mayor Dan Plato as a site for providing shelter to the City's homeless.
Refugees occupying the Central Methodist Mission Church on Greenmarket Square were moved using buses to a new location on Thursday
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