Faith leaders including Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba and South African Human Rights Commissioner Reverend Chris Nissen have allegedly been assaulted by refugees currently occupying the Greenmarket Square Methodist church in Cape Town.READ MORE: Police and migrants clash in downtown Cape Town
The group is demanding to be repatriated to other countries because they say they feel unsafe in South Africa. Then they assaulted me and then also the archbishop of Cape Town. There are people still in the church. We fear for their lives,” Nissen said. Faith leaders were delivering the resolutions of meetings about the future of the refugees with three options on offer.
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