Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers says more than 2,000 undocumented Zimbabwean nationals spend the evening at the Home Affairs Department’s repatriation centre in Epping, Cape Town. The report says the group includes women and children, with many babies, and that they arrived after spending several nights on the pavement outside the Zimbabwean Consulate. Both outlets describe Sunday’s situation, in which people stayed at or near the repatriation centre before leaving the area later. Gift of the Givers frames the development as a concern, highlighting the large number of people and the vulnerability of the group, particularly children. The reports do not provide further details on the reasons for the stay, the conditions inside the centre, or any actions taken by Home Affairs in response. The accounts also do not specify whether all individuals were undocumented or whether they were registered or assessed on arrival. Overall, the available information focuses on the scale of the gathering and the circumstances leading up to it, as reported by Gift of the Givers through the cited coverage.
Gift of the Givers raises concern after thousands of undocumented Zimbabweans spend night at Home Affairs centre
Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers says more than 2,000 undocumented Zimbabwean nationals spend the evening at the Home Affairs Department’s repatriation centre in Epping, Cape Town. The rep...
- Gift of the Givers says more than 2,000 undocumented Zimbabwean nationals spend the evening at the Home Affairs Department repatriation centre in Epping, Cape Town.
- The group includes women and children, including many babies.
- The people reportedly spent several nights on the pavement outside the Zimbabwean Consulate before going to the centre.
- The incident is reported to have occurred on Sunday, according to the sources.
- No additional official details on Home Affairs’ response or on-site conditions are provided in the accounts cited.
[New Zimbabwe] Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers has expressed concern over more than 2,000 undocumented Zimbabwean nationals who spent the evening at the Home Affairs Department's repatriation centre in Epping, Cape Town, on Sunday.
2 hours agoEWN Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers has expressed concern over more than 2,000 undocumented Zimbabwean nationals who spent the evening at the Home Affairs Department’s repatriation centre in Epping, Cape Town, on Sunday. The group comprises women and children, mostly babies. They had spent several nights on the pavement outside the Zimbabwean Consulate in […] The post Cape Town: Gift of the Givers concerned over undocumented Zimbabweans spending evening at Home Affairs centre appeared first on NewZimbabwe.com.
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