Refugees stuck in Isipingo

06 May 2015 - 02:32
By Nivashni Nair

Displaced foreigners demanding to be sent to countries of their own choice will have to stay put. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees yesterday said it would not resettle about 200 protesting foreigners in another country at this stage.UNHRC spokesman Tina Ghelli said many of the 200 refugees, who are refusing to leave the closed Isipingo camp near Durban and move to Chatsworth, wanted to be relocated to Malawi, Mozambique and Botswana.

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