Churches fear for fate of Namibian refugees

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The reason last year’s ‘Go See, Come Tell Mission’ was aborted was because Windhoek perceived it to be a threat to national security. Staff Writer, OARABILE MOSIKARE reports on the local church’s views on the issue of safety in Namibia

The Botswana Council of Churches (BCC) had two representatives on the now famous ‘Go See, Come Tell’ mission held last June, whose outcome was supposed to provide finality on the question of whether Namibia was safe for its refugees to return.

The delegation to Namibia on June 28, 2015 was headed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security, Augustine Makgonatsotlhe and included 13 Dukwi refugees as well as leaders from the BCC and Botswana Red Cross.

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