EXODUS: ‘No peace, no safety, no documents’: Refugees plan 666km walk to Namibian border By Sandisiwe Shoba and Noah Tobias
Saeed Omar arrived in South Africa in 2011, fleeing violence in Somalia. Here, he found even less safety.
Whether the march will take place depends on the outcome of a new negotiation, which SA Human Rights Commissioner Chris Nissen says is scheduled for Wednesday 20 November.at the church, in which several refugees assaulted a delegation composed of NGO workers and religious officials, the Human Rights Commission is still willing to engage the refugees sheltered at the church. The group later apologised for the assault.
Yet, they are still willing to embark on a mass exodus if the outcome of Wednesday’s meeting is unsatisfactory.If they were open to finding solutions, there would already be something on the table, but we don’t see anything tangible,” said Balous.If they still want to walk, we can’t stop them,” Nissen said. He was told they would be asylum-seekers when they reach Namibia.We never said we don’t want a case-by-case basis.
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