[WATCH] Tshwane refugees say UN needs to take responsibility for them

[WATCH] Tshwane refugees say UN needs to take responsibility for them

This week, the Pretoria High Court ruled they had to be removed within three days. 

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About 200 refugees are camping outside the United Nations Refugee Agency’s (UNHRC) Pretoria offices for three weeks now. Photo by Neo Motloung

Foreign-nationals who have been camped on the sidewalk outside the offices of the United National High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Tshwane for weeks now says the UN should take responsibility for them. 

This week, the Pretoria High Court ruled they had to be removed within three days. 

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On Thursday, some of the refugees jumped over the walls of the UN premises ahead of their anticipated removal from the street outside. 

Refugees on Thursday were chanting "Bye-bye South Africa, no more South Africa" outside the UN offices. 

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