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South African Govt to Deport Refugees in Cape Town

The department of home affairs has started the process of deporting 20 foreign nationals who were part of the asylum seekers and refugees who protested in Cape Town. The refugees marked one year in October since they started a protest outside the offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. They were then relocated to two centres in Cape Town, as the Covid-19 pandemic gripped the country, Tariro Washinyira for GroundUp.

South Africa: Home Affairs Moves Against Cape Town Refugees

GroundUp, 6 November 2020

Refugee leader Aline Bukuru, along with 56 refugees from the Bellville refugee camp, Cape Town, were detained by the Department of Home Affairs last week. They say this came after… Read more »
South Africa: Process to Deport Protesting Foreign Nationals in CT Underway

SAnews.gov.za, 6 November 2020

The Department of Home Affairs has started the process of deporting 20 foreign nationals who were part of the asylum seekers and refugees that were protesting in Cape Town. Read more »
South Africa: Home Affairs On Enforcement of Immigration Laws

Govt of SA, 6 November 2020

Enforcement of immigration laws by the Department of Home Affairs Read more »

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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 ... Read more »
- South Africa: Police End Refugees' Five-Month Occupation of Cape Town Church
- South Africa: New Home for Hundreds of Cape Town Refugees
Refugees, Displaced in South Africa, Face a New Fight in COVID-19

Some refugee reception offices have stopped accepting new asylum applications as the government enforces stricter measures to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, write Jan Bornman and ... Read more »
- South Africa: Foreign Migrants Must Be Included in Covid-19 Response
- South Africa: COVID-19 Uncertainty Affects Asylum Seekers
Tension Between Refugees, South African Police Amid Removals

Refugees living around the Central Methodist Mission Church in Cape Town are being removed. This comes after the Western Cape High Court granted the City of Cape Town an interim ... Read more »
- South Africa: Police Move in Once Again to Move Refugees From a Cape Town Park
- South Africa: Stand-Off Between Cops and Cape Town Refugees After They Move to Second Church
Refugee Regulations in South Africa Are Trump-Like, Activist Says

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 »
- South Africa: Activists Criticise Country's 'Paper Wall' Against Refugees
- South Africa: SA's New Refugee Regulations Could Have Been Drafted By Trump, Says Activist

Tariro Washinyira/GroundUp

The male-only marquee at the refugee camp in Bellville (file photo).

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