City in a 'race against time' to move Cape refugees amid Covid-19 outbreak

Cape Town - The City of Cape Town says it is working to relocate a group of refugees who are squatting on the streets outside the District Six Museum during the 21-day lockdown.

“It’s a race against time for us; with regard to the refugees, we are looking at various spaces to temporarily relocate them.The group made its way to an open field in District Six, but was forcefully removed by the City’s law-enforcement officers. The refugees, who fled their homes last year, have spent nearly six months on the streets of Cape Town.

TheCapeArgus Inhumane. Why cant they shelter inside the museum, which is supposedly meant to expose injustice and suffering

TheCapeArgus I feel if government is not going to be proactive in addressing the state of foreigners in this country and start documenting them we going to have a big problem after the virus has past unemployment standing at 30% a will grow to probably 40%

TheCapeArgus What happens to the lot that occupying the church

TheCapeArgus I'm so sick of these ungrateful foreigners if you don't want to be part of the solution the go back to your country of origin don't come and demand stuff from us go back and demand from your own government where are all there foreign affairs of these people

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