Gov't To Forcefully Repatriate Caprivians

Caprivians prosteting at SADC House in Gaborone PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Caprivians prosteting at SADC House in Gaborone PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

FRANCISTOWN: The government of Botswana will finally start the forced repatriation of Namibians from the Caprivi Strip, who have been housed at the Dukwi refugee camp for more than two decades.

A meeting held last week Thursday between officials from the Botswana government and their Namibian counterparts in Francistown closed any possibility of the repatriation being halted. Sources have maintained that following the meeting the repatriation is expected to start before the end of this week.

After the meeting the government said the Caprivians at Dukwi would return to Namibia on an ‘immediate effect’ basis.

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