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Govt ‘unclear’ on whereabouts of refugees removed from PTA UNHCR offices
The foreign nationals were removed from the Brooklyn building by police after they gained illegal access to the premises of the UNHCR.
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Pandor: UNSC didn’t discuss refugees who want to leave SA
More than 180 of the refugees appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Monday and insisted they wanted to be moved to a country where they would be safe from xenophobic attacks.
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May God forgive South Africans – Foreign national
Foreign nationals who’ve been camping outside the UN Refugee Agency in Pretoria for weeks share how they’ve been treated.
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Foreign nationals clash with police at UNHRC
Scuffles broke out between refugees and police at the UN Refugee Agency in Pretoria on Friday.
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Police call for reinforcements as refugees move into parking lot at UNHCR
They are responding to a court order from Wednesday, giving them three days to end their sit-in outside the UN premises.
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PTA refugees: The life of a refugee doesn’t matter here
A case of trespassing has been opened against refugees who entered and occupied the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office premises on Thursday. This comes after the North Gauteng High Court ordered refugees to vacate the area. They’ve been given three days to leave. The order was requested by residents of Waterkloof and Brooklyn. EWN spoke to one of the refugee leaders occupying the offices.
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Rule rules authorities must assist refugees camping outside UNHCR offices
By next week, officials should start drawing up a list of protesters legally in the country as refugees and asylum seekers and deporting those who are not.
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Foreign nationals call on international community to help them leave SA
The men, women and children living in the Methodist church are sleeping on benches and floors on mattresses, blankets and yoga mats.
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Over 100 foreign nationals arrested in CT CBD clashes
Dozens of people have been camping outside the UN Refugee Agency offices over the past few weeks.
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Cops, foreign nationals clash in CT CBD
Foreign nationals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Somalia, Pakistan and Zimbabwe have been camping inside and outside the agency offices. They're desperate to leave a country they once called home – and now want to leave because of safety concerns and xenophobia.
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Officials greeted with ‘no more South Africa’ chants at UNHCR in CT
Refugees from Somalia, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Pakistan said that they were fed up with xenophobia and wanted the agency to help them leave South Africa.
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Pretoria residents head to court to help refugees camping at UNHCR offices
Refugees have been sleeping at the centre for weeks now, demanding to be moved to safety, away from the xenophobic attacks that they have suffered in South Africa.
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DA to raise plight of protesting asylum seekers in Parliament
Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Adrian Roos, a member of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Home Affairs, said government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) should clarify the matter.
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Refugees vow to continue sit-in at UNHCR office until they're helped to leave SA
The refugees, mostly from the Democratic Republic of Congo, said their sit-in was drawing more support daily.
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Ramaphosa: UNHCR has commended SA for its welcoming asylum policies
The president told heads of foreign missions that the country would address the social and economic factors that led to the violence on foreign nationals.
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Cate Blanchett urges world to tackle 'invisible' statelessness
Her comments came as UNHCR marked the halfway point in a 10-year campaign to end the plight of the millions around the globe deprived of a nationality.
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1,500 flee homes in SA amid xenophobic violence: UN
South Africa, the continent's second-largest economy, is a major destination for other African migrants. But they are often targeted by some locals who blame them for a lack of jobs.
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Saudi woman has left Bangkok airport 'under care of' UN agency -Thai official
An 18-year-old Saudi woman seeking asylum has left Bangkok airport "under the care" of the UN refugee agency, according to a Thai official.
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Annual migrant deaths in Mediterranean fall by over a quarter - UNHCR
Spain has become the main gateway into Europe for migrants and refugees who travel from north Africa, with 55,756 people registered as arriving there by sea in 2018.
