source: BOPA
13 May, 2008
SELEBI-PHIKWE - Disaster management officials in Selebi-Phikwe and Bobonong are readying for an influx of Zimbabwean asylum seekers. Officials are setting up temporary receiving centres given the political turmoil in that country.
Ms Machelle Samuels, a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) protection officer told BOPA that Botswana like other neighbours of Zimbabwe is expecting more migrants fleeing their troubled home due to violence that followed the March disputed elections.
The centres have been established in the two areas to screen asylum seekers before they are transferred to the Dukwi Refuge Camp.
The tents you see in Selebi-Phikwe and Bobonong are part of our preparedness to receive migrants fleeing Zimbabwe.
These are holding centres where they are screened and assisted with documents before they are transported to the Dukwi camp.
She said since the past week close to 200 asylum seekers have been registered, mainly from [continue reading]
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