'We are peaceful people,' say refugees as 300 storm UN offices in Pretoria

One of the refugees, Alex Mangonkoy, said they had been calling on the commission to exercise its mandate of protecting refugees.

“We are running away from xenophobic attacks in the communities. As we are here outside the UNHCR office, they gave us a court order to evict us in three days … the mandate of the UNHCR is to protect refugees, we are not violent people, we are very calm and very peaceful people,” he said. However, Gauteng SAPS spokesperson Brig Mathapelo Peters said no incidents had been reported and no arrests had been made.Mangonkoy said refugees in SA were not safe and he hoped the decision to enter the UN premises would spark a debate in the international community.

“We need UNHCR to protect refugees. We don’t want to be in SA, we want to vacate South Africa, because in this country, brothers and sisters, there is too much xenophobic attacks. We are not safe in South Africa, we need the international community to stand for this matter. Refugees in SA die like cockroaches,” he said.“If the police want to come in, they have to come in with the coffins,” added Mangonkoy.

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