Parly committee asks for report on crimes by police during lockdown
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Stranded CT foreign nationals say they don’t want to be repatriated
Refugee leader Papy Sukami, who appeared in court on Friday on robbery and assault charges, said they didn’t want to be deported and still wanted to be resettled.
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Foreign national woman allegedly caught in CT eviction fracas gives birth
She was among the foreign nationals who were forced away from Greenmarket Square on Sunday.
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Chaos erupts in CT CBD as refugees removed from ‘new home’ by police
The group of asylum-seekers moved to the St Mary's Cathedral after they were forced away from outside the Central Methodist Church in Greenmarket Square on Sunday morning.
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Refugees removed from living outside a church in CT CBD find a new home
The city enforced an interim court order granted by the Western Cape High Court against the group, which had been camping outside the Central Methodist Church in Greenmarket Square since October last year.
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Process to document refugees occupying public space in CT under way
On Wednesday, 15 families were transported from the Methodist Chapel on Green Market Square to a venue in Salt River where the Department of Home Affairs officials could verify their identities and nationalities.
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CoCT granted interim order to remove foreign nationals from church
The court said that the City of Cape Town had seven days until it could enforce its by-laws against foreign nationals living around the church.
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Chris Nissen death threat sees SAHRC withdraw services from CT foreign nationals
In a statement, the SAHRC claimed a community leader representing those occupying the church threatened to kill Nissen ahead of a hearing at the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
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CoCT says health & safety by-laws breached by foreign nationals living at church
The municipality approached the Western Cape High Court about the matter and presented arguments on Tuesday.
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Foreign nationals give own timeframe to leave CT church
The hundreds of men, women and children have been occupying the Methodist Chapel off Greenmarket Square since October after they were forcefully removed from outside the UN Refugee Agency Offices.
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SAHRC: Law must take its course in matter of foreign nationals in CT
The group of foreign nationals is adamant it wants to leave South Africa but authorities have repeatedly informed them that isn't an option. Instead, they've tried to persuade them that reintegration is the alternative.
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Leader of foreign nationals released on bail, banned from CT CBD
Papy Sukami was arrested last week for robbery and assault. He appeared in a Cape Town court on Thursday.
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Second refugee leader arrested as CT authorities to meet over reintegration
A rift about who the group’s leader should be drove a wedge between foreigners seeking refuge at the church last week.
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CT refugee activist to remain in custody after court appearance
JP Balous is facing eight assault charges and is expected to apply for bail next week.
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Gift of the Givers asked to help foreign nationals living at CT church again
The agency last year supplied aid to refugees and asylum seekers who had taken up residency at the church. A week later, refugees were angered when the agency deemed their demands of resettlement as 'unrealistic' and they were told to withdraw their services.
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CT cops stationed outside church after conflict among foreign nationals
Violence erupted at the church on Sunday following a disagreement between rival factions on whether a Sunday service should be conducted.
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‘We are not safe in SA’: Foreign nationals say they’re living in fear
On Wednesday, hundreds of refugees demonstrated in the Cape Town CBD to highlight concerns for their safety.
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EXPLAINER: Why foreign nationals can’t just leave SA
The world marks International Migrants Day on 18 December. Eyewitness News unpacks the reason why a group of foreign nationals urgently wants to leave the country and the challenges they face trying to do so.
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Foreign nationals demand action from UNHRC to help them leave SA
Hundreds of refugees protested in Cape Town today, to raise a number of concerns including safety, infringement of their rights and to also show support for those who had been illegally arrested and were in prison.
