The refugee question

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Veronica Modey-Ebi, the UNHCR regional representative, on Tuesday made an impassioned appeal to the government of Botswana to keep the door open to refugees and asylum.

Modey-Ebi noted that Botswana had quietly tightened its refugee and asylum protocols, resulting in high rejection rates, detention of asylum seekers and a strict encampment policy.

Asylum seekers arriving in Botswana are now being questioned why they did not seek the same status in the countries they transited through before arriving in Botswana, while certain refugees already in the country are being put under pressure to resettle.

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The refugee question

Veronica Modey-Ebi, the UNHCR regional representative, on Tuesday made an impassioned appeal to the government of Botswana to keep the door open to refugees and asylum.

42 out of 45 bodies of Limpopo bus crash victims identified

Selefu

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