Refugees
900+ CT refugees to be repatriated if they refuse to reintegrate into society
The refugees have been temporarily sheltered at the Wingfield Military Base and Paint City since the start of the lockdown.
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‘We’ve been abandoned’ – Refugees in CT plead for more help
It’s been about 12 weeks since about 800 refugees began living in a massive tent in Goodwood for the duration of the lockdown, and they say that things are difficult.
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Govt facing court action over foreign nationals' access to COVID-19 grant
The special COVID-19 grant is open to South African citizens, refugee status holders and permanent residents only.
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HRW calls on govt to aid refugees, asylum seekers ‘facing starvation’
The organisation said government had been biased in its COVID-19 food aid programmes, claiming it was overlooking foreign nationals.
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Human Rights Watch accuses SA govt of being biased with COVID-19 food aid
The organisation said it received numerous pleas from the foreign nationals, who included LGBT people who fled their countries escaping persecution.
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Foreign nationals living in CT church to be accommodated during lockdown
The men, women, and children have been camping in the city since October after they were removed from outside the UN Refugee Agency offices where they were demanding assistance to leave the country due to xenophobia.
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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.
