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200 refugees, legally in SA, forced to join thousands camping outside Sherwood Hall

Police told them to leave Durban Home Affairs office to avoid a March and March event

Thousands of immigrants are camped at Sherwood Hall. Photos: Joseph Bracken

Since May, 200 refugees with documentation verified by Home Affairs were camped outside the Durban Home Affairs office seeking protection.
But on Monday night, police told them to leave as they could not guarantee their safety during a planned March and March event on Tuesday.
With nowhere else to go, the refugees joined thousands of immigrants camping outside Sherwood Hall, where a humanitarian crisis is unfolding.

A group of 200 documented refugees camping outside the Durban Home Affairs offices were forced to leave in the early hours of Monday morning, as police warned them they could not guarantee their safety from March and March supporters.
The refugees, mostly from…

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