Court orders the release of asylum seekers

The petitioners have taken the director of Immigration and Citizenship, officer commanding of Botswana Prison Service and the officer commanding  of the FCII, who are represented by the Attorney General (AG) to court seeking an order that their perpetual incarceration at the FCII be declared unlawful.

Some of the petitioners and their small children have been languishing in custody at the FCII since 2015 contrary to the law that states that keeping them at the FCII for more than 28 days is unlawful.