01 March 2020 1 Min Read
IN PICTURES | Tears as refugees' illegal structures removed in Cape Town CBD
- One of the refugees reacts as law enforcement officers remove them outside the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town on March 1 2020.
- Police officers ready to remove refugees who had been illegally camping outside the Central Methodist Church in the Cape Town CBD.
- Police officers ready to remove refugees who had been illegally camping outside the Central Methodist Church in the Cape Town CBD.
- One of the refugees walks by the law enforcement officers before they were removed.
- A refugee appears to be pleading with the law enforcement officers outside the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town on March 1 2020.
- One of the refugees who had illegally camped outside the Central Methodist Church.
- Two refugees with their arms up during the removal.
- A woman reacts as law enforcement officers remove refugees from the Cape Town CBD.
- A man with his arms up during the removal of refugees.
- Some refugees had already packed their belongings when the officers arrived.
- An emotional woman kneeling in front of officers during the removal operation.
- Some refugees had already packed their belongings when the officers arrived.
- Some refugees had already packed their belongings when the officers arrived.
- Officers assisting the refugees with their belongings.
- Officers assisting the refugees with their belongings.
- Officers assisting the refugees with their belongings.
- Officers assisting the refugees with their belongings.
- One of the refugees leaving the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town on March 1 2020.
- Police officers pleading with some refugees during their removal outside the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town on March 1 2020.
- One of the refugees breaks down during their removal from the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town.
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Hundreds of law enforcement officers, some wearing masks over their mouths, arrived in Greenmarket Square in Cape Town on March 1 2020 to enforce the court order allowing the city to remove refugees illegally camping outside the Central Methodist Church.
Some refugees had packed up their belongings in readiness of the enforcement while some structures were dismantled by the officers.
Sunday Times photographer Esa Alexander captured the emotional scenes that played out in the Cape Town CBD.
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