Parliament has called for the immediate resolution of the dispute between the City of Cape Town and refugees who were located outside the Central Methodist Mission on Greenmarket Square.
Over the weekend, hundreds of law enforcement officers enforced a court order allowing the city to remove refugees who were illegally camping outside the church.
Bongo called for the full implementation of bylaws and the recently attained court order to ensure that the matter was brought to an end. Law enforcement clashed with refugees on the outskirts of Cape Town's CBD on Monday March 2 2020 in an attempt to move them outside the city. Approximately 200 refugees had earlier spent the night in a park on the outskirts of the CBD after being removed from Greenmarket Square by law enforcement on Sunday. A court order granted to the city states that the removed refugees may not relocate anywhere in the CBD.
“The actions of the refugees are even more concerning considering that the xenophobia they refer to is not a factor in Cape Town. South Africa welcomes refugees and asylum seekers, especially in the context of our history, but the precondition of any country accepting refugees is that the laws of the receiving country will be respected at all times.”
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