By saying no to a request to house 126 Afghan refugees, the SA government has placed their lives in danger, say lawyers acting on behalf of US-based NGO Exitus.
Exitus specialises in rescuing people who have been trafficked throughout the world. The NGO’s founder and CEO Candace Rivera was driving the application, along with US-based Wade Hill of PerryHill Inc, who was standing surety.
“They also had a private company based in SA agree to stand surety for them for any expenses incurred while the refugees were on SA soil. This company organised medical care and housing for all 126 individuals,” the lawyers told TimesLIVE on Thursday night.
“Effectively, our client is of the opinion that, if forced to stay in Pakistan, a large number of these people will be compromised and killed.”“The reason given in the official statement from Dirco is that SA cannot fund this exercise, but our client was never asking for a single rand of funding,” they said.
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