Claims of intimidation and denial of services fuel uncertainty outside Home Affairs centre.
Hundreds of migrants have been enduring prolonged conditions outside the Department of Home Affairs’ Durban Refugee Reception Office in Glenwood, KwaZulu-Natal, where anxiety and uncertainty continue to mount amid warnings they say were issued in March and the looming June 30 deadline to leave South Africa.
Many report living in constant fear, with little clarity on their legal status or what comes next as enforcement pressure intensifies.
The group, which includes men, women and children, told IOL that they have been left without clear protection or official guidance, and claimed they are anxious about possible threats of violence linked to the deadline.
Bishop Raphael Bahebwa, 51, who described the situation as both a humanitarian and spiritual crisis affecting displaced families.
