Gov�t Defies Court Order To Relocate Asylum Seekers

Morgan Moseki
Morgan Moseki

FRANCISTOWN: Contrary to a court order issued by Justice Phadi Solomon on July 4 saying that the perpetual detention of 164 foreigners who are seeking asylum in Botswana is unlawful, the government is yet to obey that order.

The foreigners are inclusive of rejected and awaiting asylum seekers who are currently in detention at the Francistown Centre for Illegal Immigrants (FCII). Some of the petitioners and their small children have been languishing in custody at the FCII since 2015.

The government has denied the petitioners’ children who are ripe to attend school that basic universal human right.

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