Refugees’ deportation halted

Botswana and Namibia’s determination to have Namibian refugees return to their home country suffered a blow this week, after a court in Botswana halted their deportation.
While most of the refugees in Botswana have returned to Namibia over the years, some have refused, citing fear of being tortured in Namibia, while other insist that they are not Namibians but Caprivians and will not return to
Namibia.
The refugees have been living at the Dukwe refugee camp in north-eastern Botswana since the failed secessionist bid in the then Caprivi Region in 1999.
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