KZN govt, UN teams up to assist displaced foreign nationals
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu says they are working with the United Nations to find a long-lasting solution to help a group of foreign nationals who remain displaced following last year's xenophobic attacks.
A group of about 60 foreigners remain in limbo a year after fleeing their homes in various parts of Durban.
After the temporary camps were closed, couple Andrew and Rae Wartnaby took about 130 of them in and housed them on their Cato Ridge property called Hope Farm.
They left the farm after some of the migrants became violent leading to tensions.
The 60 who have been roaming the streets are among those who chose not to be re-integrated back into their communities.
Mchunu says the situation can't be allowed to continue.
"We can't keep on saying no we rather live on the streets, that has to come to an end because it's a problem for eThekwini to have an image of a community that is living on the road, we have a problem with that.
"So in that sense, it's really too much of an exposure to diseases and other things for us to let children live like this. It has to come to an end," he said.
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