NGOs have been assisting some of the families who refused to go to the Lindela repatriation centre on Friday to find temporary shelter.
On Saturday, metro police were poised to evict them from the park as well. But some Democratic Republic of Congo nationals say they would rather live on the streets than go back to what they call inhumane conditions at Lindela. “Life inside Lindela, they give us bad food, they give us expired things. They can take us anywhere but not Lindela. They bring us back again.”NGOs and human rights lawyers have been assisting the group since their eviction. While some decided to go their own way, others opted for the temporary option of being housed at a farm at Bronkhorstspruit, 50 kilometers outside the capital.
“It is one that they are saying they have a farm that can accommodate everyone. We are waiting for the owner to come and for the police to verify. The second place we got is in East Lynne but that place was only taking children and then there was an issue with children that they would be separated from their children.”
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