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In photos: Displaced Zimbabweans moved to repatriation site in the rain

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Mothers and children line up to be transported to Epping, Cape Town. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks
After spending the night sleeping rough in the rain, hundreds of immigrants gathered outside the Zimbabwean Consulate were relocated to an official repatriation site on Sunday morning.
Marquee tents had been erected by volunteers on Saturday night, but they were not big enough to provide shelter for everyone. Women and children were prioritised. Others sheltered under plastic tarps.
Some of the people had been sleeping outside the consulate for five nights.
It rained heavily on Sunday morning as the City of Cape Town, the Department of Home Affairs and the Zimbabwean Consulate began relocating people to the Home Affairs refugee centre in Epping.
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