Botswana to repatriate Zim refugees

Monday, February 15, 2021

Government is planning to send 92 Zimbabwean refugees to Zimbabwe

Botswana is preparing to relocate 92 Zimbabwean refugees most of who have been staying in the country for the past 17 years.

The refugees, who are resisting the relocation, are facing the predicament after the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) rejected their status.

They have been given 28 days to prepare themselves for repatriation despite their resistance to the move by the government. Their main contention is that they have families in Botswana and that it will be difficult for them to start life afresh in another country.

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