Tensions rise outside Home Affairs as refugees face alleged eviction and possible transfer to Lindela Repatriation Centre.
For more than two decades, Bishop Raphael Bahebwa has called South Africa home.
Now, the 51-year-old refugee leader finds himself sleeping outside the Che Guevara Road Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre, where more than 120 refugees and asylum seekers continue to wait in uncertainty after allegedly losing their homes, belongings and livelihoods amid ongoing tensions.
Speaking on behalf of those who have remained at the Durban site for nearly four weeks, he described a community caught between fear and hope.
Bahebwa, who is originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, appealed for temporary shelter and humanitarian assistance while they await further processes.
