SA’s refusal to take in 126 Afghan refugees puts lives in danger: lawyers

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By saying no to a request to house 126 Afghan refugees, the SA government has placed their lives in danger, say lawyers acting on behalf of US-based NGO Exitus.

Exitus specialises in rescuing people who have been trafficked throughout the world. The NGO’s founder and CEO Candace Rivera was driving the application, along with US-based Wade Hill of PerryHill Inc, who was standing surety.

“They also had a private company based in SA agree to stand surety for them for any expenses incurred while the refugees were on SA soil. This company organised medical care and housing for all 126 individuals,” the lawyers told TimesLIVE on Thursday night.

“Effectively, our client is of the opinion that, if forced to stay in Pakistan, a large number of these people will be compromised and killed.”“The reason given in the official statement from Dirco is that SA cannot fund this exercise, but our client was never asking for a single rand of funding,” they said.

 

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'SA gov has placed their lives in danger'. From who? The Lawyer must tell. Is this lawyer been attended? If not, give us the Lawyers name, contacts and physical address. 🙏

Take them to Ohio

POTUS must deal with them! They are not our problem! We are not a dumping site!!

The US must accommodate them on their soil. Do not force others to do so. BTW, why are there Afghan refugees in the first place? What caused it? Oh, l remember now, it's the US. Please clean up your messes on your own.

Why aren't they accommodating them in USA

Why not take these Afghans to the USA where they belong or keep them in AmeriKKKa's new province Zambia with HHichilema where they got their 'tourism visas' lying they were just visiting SA?

Bullshit! They wanna make a US problem a South African problem. We are not a dumping ground for US mistakes.

Afghanistan ppl BOM guys that they don't play hey..let the Us deal with their own mess! SA has enough Foreigners to last us 100 yrs!

USA donated vaccines and generators to South Africa but we can’t provide support for afghans

Noo we don't need them ha a too much Nigerians here tsek

America must sort their mess and house those 126 Afghanistan not South Africa. They must leave South Africa alone.The government has done the right thing to refuse them. It shows responsibility.

Really sad, this are people at the end of the day.

How many Afghans America has taken?How America's problem South Africa's problem..?People are hypocrites,if those people were from Africa,no one will be sympathizing with them

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We have a lot on our plate right now. People from India, Pakistan, China, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Nigeria, Germany, France, Italy and more are here in SA. Taking jobs from all the people of SA. Owning more of the economy than Sans. Can we breath & fix ourselves first!

ChouTshokolo Those Afghan are in hit list of Taliban, accomodating them we will be declaring a war with Taliban, just imagine south africa with their lousy security against Taliban: no let them go to Pakistan, is first country to go by the way.

Hhai bo who said SA is a first world country🤷‍♀️

If SA was in the same situation, they would never allow black people in their Countries Never! Unless if you'l be their slaves....🤞

Africa is big. Why South Africa?...

Why must they be housed here if they are going to eventually go to US?

Did they try Egypt and Morocco? Honestly south Africa has a lot on its plate right now

Gamalabantu 👀

They must go to Europe, NATO countries began the war,

dumza_com America must take them

It's not SA business

Why South African? We have England Germany Nairobi and Pochestrome

Why not sending them to Namibian desert or Zambia the country is huge

We have serious problems of our own here please allow us space to fix our own issues. The United States must sort out the mess they created without involving us assemblies tog.

SA should not allow to be a dumping place for US made refugees when we have our own domestic problems. US started this senseless war at the pretext of 'war against terror' and displaced millions. Please, Sleepy Joe, we have enough problems of our own.

Is their mess let them fix it leave south Africa alone

Sicela ningasiqhathi Nama Taliban bandla syacela🙏🏽

Why i US yona ingabathathi?🤭

That 126 number is too much! We are already housing 40 million Zimbabweans, 20 million Lesothoans, 30 million Mozambiquans, I won’t mention Swatis who thing they are South Africans🙄 America is responsible for whatever Afghans are going through!

Aska re phaphela

Ag, bullshit! This country can hardly take care of it's own citizens. How are they going to manage refugees. The whole of Africa is streaming through our porous borders everyday.

Maybe SA's fear would be to open mass migration for those fleeing the Taliban rule and in the end find itself haven of terrorist and an attacks by the extremists. It's not only children and women who're seeking refuge in our country. Never forget the Sandton woman in black dress.

Afghanistan refugees must go to countries that invaded Afghanistan ie Britain, New Zealand, Australia etc

And they trying to instill fear by saying lives in danger.. Lol Mfs are crazy.. And is our lives in danger, they must FOH..

Send them to Zimbabwe. They can walk to SA with thousands of others who cross Patricia's R50m washing line every single day. 247365 SA population increases by a million every month. The informal settlements grow like unstoppable aggressive cancers. SA pop estimated at 80million

We do not care and besides we are still very busy being xenophobic

Why can't America take them directly ?

Afghanistan's have allowed the labels to take the country because they failed to standup against the growing of Taliban. They saw the birth of Taliban, but they failed to unite and end Taliban. Instead they allowed foreign countries to control their country against Taliban.

To hell with them!! America is the cause of their problems mos. Why don't ask other Islamic state in the North like... Morocco and etc

All these NGOs roaming around Africa are spy agencies that kidnap and rape children, and are used to steal resources and spread disease in Africa, we need to ban all these Western funded NGOs.

Were we part of this war? Did USA ask for our anything before going to Afghanistan?

So basically we must be forced to accept them?

The US placed their lives in danger from when they started an unnecessary war in their country. The 🇺🇸 must deal with this

This is bullshit

Not our problem!

Kganthe why is America not hosting them after they created the mess on Afghanistan. Why must we fix their mess.

They love this Allah of them yet he continues to oppress them with stupid oppressive to Islamic religion. No more foreigners they defile our country with their idols and incense. Idolatry defiles people and the land they live in

This is a threat. Why are we being threatened?

They are trazy 🤣🤣🤣

The US should take full responsibility of Afghan refugees,SA is already housing the rest of Africa so NO sorry, certainly Not.

What about their neighbors, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Iran, Bangladesh, China and India? We have housed the whole Africa here and so many Asians too.

Ha.a we are dealing with a lot please and US must accommodate them, our plate are full.

They must be taken in by the most democratic country 🇺🇸 they are behind this nonsense anyway

Bullshit

Why must we house them? They have their own country!!!!!!!!

This is America's mess, they should take care if it. It cannot be the rest of the worlds issue when it backfires

mxm,lawyer yamasimba!

Bazosibulala ngani kulokhu? Chemicals?

We really going through a lot right now. They will come when we done fixing our problems

As a South African senior citizen I am ready for that danger

'...the SA government has placed their lives in danger...' my God! Now they're shifting blame & trying to dump poor displaced Afghans in Africa to make us take the fallout. With all those well-off Western & Asian countries, they really can't find a proper place for these people?

We will accept the 126 Afghan refugees on.condition that 5 million Zim fake refugees are deported. They will not be a burden like These parasites

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Out of all the countries in the world why did they choose to send them to SA? And then make a big deal when we say no. Somewhere closer, more developed makes a lot more sense. I know it's only 126 but we have enough of our own problems to deal with.

The people who created this mess must deal with it!

What about the EU nations which exploited and expropriated the resources of that country for decades. Or why not blackmail Oman Israel Turkey Egypt Lebanon UAE Iran Saudi Arabia et al. My parents never ran nowhere. putsouthafricansfirst anchatessouthafricans

Fokof

South Africa did not invade Afghanistan

I take it people didn't read the article. These people would not be the responsibility of the state. It's to house them for 6 months and all their living expenses would be covered including Healthcare. How would they pose a threat to our social welfare system ? It's wrong!!!

Your President takes orders from US hence its so easy for them to dicatates SA .

Why do US has to advise us where is Zizi Kodwa and his intelligence 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Why come so far.. South Africa is at the bottom of Africa.. Morocco, Algeria they are close to them.. Go ther

Have they not seen the crime stats in South Africa ..It would be putting their lives in danger..we have enough vagrants in South Africa thank you

Our media is useless why print such a story

They must go to 🇺🇸

On which danger? South Africa 🇿🇦 did the best.. Germany, UK and US should take care of them

Ngathi sixakwe Abelungu!

We already housed millions of MOZAMBICANS, Pakistanians, Zimbabweans, Somalians, Nigerians etc here in SA, I suggest they should ask those countries to house those afghan since their countries seems to be empty.

let them go to the USA

Baya sihlanyela why they force people who never help us in our struggle. Why they can go to their neighbour's

Can lawyers Lara Mullins and Mark Pienaar assist black Africans who were forcefully removed from their ancestoral land reclaim their land in South Africa by Afrikaners, if they deeply care about humanitarian enforcement.

These immigrants are threatening us now 🙄

So many countries in the mid east, why don't they go there?! Fuck, we have enough refugees here. They must ho to America

Why is USA not taking them? They have the resources to house ALL of them

And since the us created this mess, let them take the refugees. The us should actually take in all the refugees which they create globally.

Those refugees must go to the USA

Sa can't look after its own, so voetsek.

...and by saying yes SA government might be placing SAns life in jeopardy.

Why not try other countries?

SA gvt is struggling already. 🇿🇦🇿🇦🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

How does a SA government have a responsibility over the lives of Afghans?🙄🙄

Eintlek USA hates black people, do they even know how many African countries are in S.A. includind Chinese. Can we pass this one Plz

Unfortunately we are housing the whole of Africa at the moment siright..

Try South Sudan

Why not fly the NATO countries or the USA the instigators of the useless war

Guantanamo Bay is still operational, they house them there. How far is America to South Africa from Afghanistan?

Why can't they take them US, why SA?

SA government can't even take care of itself. The black majority are oppressed like never before. The NGO can put their fingers where the sun doesn't shine.

Mxm

No LaraMullins MarkPienaar, Biden did.

SA have never started any war in Afghanistan those who did must accommodate those pple and stop guilt tripping us for shyt we don't know GERAFAKARAHERE

Good call because I'm scared of what they may be capable of. South Africa is already a ticking timebomb, we don't want people with extremist beliefs who may literally set it off for one crazy reason or another.

Why should Americas problems be everyone's problems?

I don’t understand this request. When the Us invaded Afghanistan it had a coalition of nations helping it that didnt include SA. Have all those nations taken their share of refugees?

We already have bo my friend mos..so NO.

Put South Africans First PutSouthAficansFirst

Tjo, mehlolo.

The US placed those people in danger 20 years ago because of their obsession with Bin Laden and their over inflated ego and narcissist policies. SA has its own problems to deal with

That lawyer ya nyela

America can house them imagine being blackmailed

Every refugee must be housed in RSA because for the why Mara?

Truth be told they not safer in SA , gov will leave them for dead like they do to those in gov run old age homes

KidiPotse America left them hamvies and choppers to play with but they running away?

No one from the UN or US should tell SA who to house and who not to. Nonsense.

No problem, we have enough problems and a lot of foreigners. Let them go to USA as they have started this whole thing.

POTUS it unfair of the US to put South Africa in that position in the first place.. We have a very high unemployment rate n are fighting the pandemic too many political issues we are a ticking time bomb n for yall to say we must house those refugee in our burning house its evil

What danger?

Why SA? Who is in danger? 126 afghan refugees or us..... I just hope akhonto enezivumelwano ezithinta vaccin

I feel sad for the people of Afghanistan, but the country responsible must now man up and be responsible. They did not seem to mind interfering in Afghanistan, when money was being made, now they must show up and take all the refugees. Hope this will be a lesson to USA.

ntsikimazwai They skipping all the other countries above us kante? Lagos, Egypt, Malawi, Tanzania? Zimbabwe? Lesotho?

Americans must fix they're mess stop dragging everyone else in theyer things.

The only solution for USA and Un is to negotiate with the Talibans. Assist them to fix Afghanistan and tell people not to panic and keep to the country and fix it instead

Nonsense you cant lay any blame on our country for saying no, go speak to Biden he put them in this position.

Aowa nooo let them go to America hawu!

I see a manufactured terrorist attack by the CIA

Don't trust NGOs. They are there for information collection or influence operations. The world's intelligence organizations watch visiting NGOs closely.

There are 195 COUNTRIES in the world ...🥱 ...and AMERICA never supported the ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT.

It was USA that made her bed, it's time to enjoy it...

Middle East to Middle East and Africa to Africa and Europe/US to Europe/US

The US-based NGO Exitus and their lawyers can VOETSEK!!

Why South Africa in particular, why not America, England, Australia or any other wealthy country around the world. Is Afghanistan our neighboring country. I mean South Africa is already overwhelmed by hosting many refugees around Africa

Why not house them in the USA where NGO Exitus is based?

vha_rendy They must go to the USA their mess they must take care of it. What if tgey are terrorists and america is known for funding terrorist organizations.

US is valueless. Africa for African

Why must south africa be compelled to take in forigners. There is hardly enough resources for all of us here...our people still live in shacks. But foreigners must be housed?

Why is America not taking them, they created the mess in tht country. 🤔

Where will those people stay America and England can take them

nickhedley I'm sorry but do we have the capacity to carry more refugees?

Why is the NGO then not placing them in the US?

Cilili must send his soldiers there I want to see something

Why doesn’t USA take them, they are the one who caused all the shit in Afghanistan after all

Botswana is available. They have a projected economic growth of 9.7 for 2021. They are doing well.

Atleast these ones would be documented, somehow. The less I say about the rest that are here is South Africa the better

They were supposed 2 send dem illegally jst lyk others

SA have their own problems in the country we don’t need anymore anyway

They should just say they are Zimbabweans, acceptance guaranteed.

Those NGOs are usually the first to say RSA is xnophoiac when the locals express their exclusion from job market

It's crazy. We house Zimbabweans. Nigerians. Tanzanians. Kenyans. Chinese and many others. Why not Afghanistans.

We sympathize with Afghanistan but the decision by Dirco here was spot on, SA is indeed under a lot of strain & because of its peaceful nature - these foreign people don't wanna leave once they get here thus leaving us with an increased number of foreigners living in SA.

That US NGO must explain why the US and it's allies mess became RSA mess. Let them deal with their international aggression repercussions!

Scare tactics but I wish Taliban can have a smallanyana fight with abo mabena SANDF cos deep down I want to see something.

Send them to Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, the country is empty

This usa they think South Africa is their province

We don’t care but let them go to Egypt

There are so many countries in close proximity to Afghanistan. Why are we being treatent like this. Just look at the state of our country at the moment. Violence, xenophobic attacks and poor service delivery and so much more

This US lawyer must fokoff man. If SA says they can't, why don't they move on and ask other countries? We have 54 countries in Africa FFS. Ask Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, DRC etc. What's the point standing on SA gates and shouting we are refusing. Hhaybo.

Open borders to Zimbabweans that's when I knew the virus DOESN'T exist. Immigration disproves the pandemic. The protests and riots disproves the pandemic. The townships and taxi ranks disproves the pandemic.

Send them to Zimbabwe, we don’t need them here

Tell that US lawyer USA and it’s allies must take responsibility for their actions. The rest of the world cannot clean up the mess made by imperialist countries

They going to use that “constitutional democracy” bullshit against us.

The lawyers probably forgot dat we have xenophobic tendencies... They must be reminded😁

South Africans don't want more refugees. We are not in a position to take care of them. Our country is broke, there's no jobs, we have to fight with foreigners for school placements & jobs. Tomorrow those refugees will be demanding that 🇿🇦 moves them to EU crying xenophobia

It's none of our business

SA is the furthest in all African countries. How did they skip all northern African countries?

TopThestreets Hes crazy.

Why can't Italy, USA, Pakistan etc house them. Jesus.

Have these lawyers seen SA crime stats? They are safer in Afghanistan.

Until the U. S presents the Weapons of Mass Destructions for which they claimed to invade and attack Iraq for, they must deal with their own mess and leave us alone to deal with our mess

Maybe its time we have our own refugee camp. Have resources set aside for those admitted into the camp

Then it's time all these illegal foreigners go back,we've had enough

How do they go past Egypt and all North African Country and some how land far South?

Please, tell those lawyers and their NGO to voetsek and leave SA alone, assomblief...!

There's some empty houses in Saxonwold where the Guptas stayed aren't there?

Sigcwele hle🤒

Lapho our Defense Force is weak.. sifile la

How can an asset say no to it's master? Ramaphosa is yours USA. Stop playing games.

Your agent Ramaphosa is saying no? Somehow I find that extremely hard to believe.

I think we should accomodate these people. Kukho abantu esingabazi noba bavelaphi I mean millions of people

TopThestreets 126 refugees not many of them nothing compared to 5 million illegal drugs dealers living in South Africa. Maybe Taliban and the Anc's relationship comes way back, not SA government? What the meaning of SA signing a death certificate by refusing to accommodation Afghanistan?

It's the same lawyers who circumvent South Africa's immigration laws by forcing criminal illegal immigrants to be reclassified as 'undocumented migrants'. It was all good and dandy until a legitimate emergency, as with the Afghans, came to pass. Now RSA is full🤷🏽‍♂️👏🏾👌🏾

South Africa does not have a responsibility for Afghanistan people Americans have.

Countries to accommodate those refugees should be Egypt, Morocco, Lybia and Algeria. Same people same language and both write spaghetti. I agree with our government. SA cannot accommodate them

They must go to Lagos. Nobody is there ,all igbos made another Lagos in SA

nickhedley Rubbish. Take them to Europe or America.

Thise lawyers must futsek, SA is not their spaza shop mani

SA has accomodated many foreigners. We are good. USA must take responsibility.

South Africa is a conference struu🚮

No, the US govt spent $60 Million USD/a day for 20 years, on a BS occupation that achieved nothing. Creating the need for refugees in the 1st place. If they had this much money to spend on destroying a place, they have enough to help refugees in a new place in the U.S.

Guess what Zimbabweans and Nigerians will be the ones rejecting them 🤣🤣🤣🤔

🤣🤣🤣Niyasinyela those who started the war must take care of them

Maybe SA govt could send the refugees straight to ORANIA and enjoy life there with the Boer .... 😂😂😂😂😂😅

Our government is already failing the native masses, how will they take an extra burden? USA need to house those refugees, we already have 20 million illegal immigrants, some have RSA IDs

Nonsense we have a lot to deal with, we don't need any more burden than there already is. Asia is a big enough continent to have found space for these people. We can't be threatened for doing the right thing NEVER! PutSouthAficansFirst

No we don't accept people coming here legally ,we want illegal immigrants so that we call them names

A ba ye hae.

PresidencyZA ParliamentofRSA StateSecurityRS 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 “We are calling on the SA government to fulfil its international obligation to protect those who are in need.” Fuck U.S should house these people , South Africa have it's own problems and we don't want them .....

Basically SA has become a dumping site, there I said it

Thabethe_Ra Mxm 🙄

Why is US not taking them, like fuckin really

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It is the opposite, by accepting them we will be siding with the USA. SA must stay away from the US madness

Why cant they choose Malawi or Mozambique

Those lawyers need to EXITUS out of our business

Let the US take them in. They’re the ones who went to Afghanistan and started shit. Besides, we’re in very bad shape here in SA. Trevornoah and Oprah’s friend CyrilRamaphosa is preoccupied with nonexistent ethnic mobilization & an insurrection. I might get for this tweet.

How is the American created mess becomes everyone's problem now huh? Using blackmail tactics too! America created this mess they should clean it up. 20yr war nothing to show for it except the rich military industrial complex. Infact ask those who benefited to house them.

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They can go to United States since they know each other.

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Nope they haven't, the US must provide all that, refuel and land in the US

USA are bullies 🤦🏽‍♂️

So South African is a dumping ground 😰 🤮

Take them to Saudi Arabia....

Kanti can't they go to Zim or Botswana or DRC nyana? 😬 Sibaningi l honestly

That sounds like a threat. The US started this war, so they need to house these refugees. TF!

195 Countries, and a US-based is trying to single out SA, with a matter that concern USA and Afghanistan in the immediate

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Why can't they go to the US Were they not partners in this entire thing

Bayanya

we already have too much to deal with they shud understand.

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