Diplomatic nightmare as SA doesn’t know what to do with freed Libyan soldiers
Despite all charges against the 95 Libyans being withdrawn, there are still no answers about what will happen to them next.The South African government has a diplomatic dilemma on its hands, after all charges against the 95 Libyans who were arrested three weeks ago during a police raid at a “military” training camp outside White River were dropped this week.
At the same time, the South African government cannot extradite them to the opposition government in the east, as it is not internationally recognised.The South African government is subject to international conventions and agreements stipulating that an immigrant or refugee cannot be repatriated to their country of origin if their life or safety could be endangered there. This is known in legal terms as the principle of “nonrefoulement” .
The Alamana Alowla Company, which sent the group to the training camp in South Africa under an agreement with Milites Dei Security Services , had applied for study visas on their behalf. According to Kassen’s submission, Alamana Alowla is a security company in Libya which acquires and provides international security services. Kassen argued that allegations of the men’s military involvement with the unofficial government forces in eastern Libya under General Khalifa Haftar were untrue.
Kassen further argued that it was impossible for South African intelligence services to have obtained information about unauthorised military activities on MDSS’s farm as early as February this year, since the men had only arrived in the country in April. Even their visas had only been issued on 3 April by the South African embassy in Tunisia.
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