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[FILE IMAGE] Members of the March and March organisation
Civic organisation March and March says documented foreign nationals who claim to have been harassed and abused at their places of residence should open criminal cases with police.
This comes as dozens of immigrants remain camped outside the Diakonia Centre in the Durban CBD seeking refuge.
The group is refusing to return to their residential areas. The organisation’s legal representative Siyabonga Mbandlwa was speaking on Wednesday at an anti-illegal foreign national march in Pinetown, west of Durban.
“We are going to march this entire country every day up until illegal immigration ends in this country. This is just one day one march one protest one action but another day is coming and it’s not going to end up until we win.”
Meanwhile, foreign nationals camping outside the Diakonia Centre say they are facing a growing financial crisis as uncertainty over their safety continues.
Dozens of people, including women, children and the elderly, remain gathered at the refugee centre after refusing to return to their homes amid fears linked to anti-illegal immigration protests.
Some claim they have gone for weeks without work and are now unable to afford rent, food and other basic necessities. One of the group leaders is Princess Georgina Adjei.
“Most of us are not working, example like me am the someone where I’m working, I’m renting they came inside we’re not even in the salon, we are home, they broke in the salon and destroyed so much stuff. Many things went wrong, some of us are not working, food is a problem. Month end to pay bills and our landlords and landlady don’t want to hear anything, they just want money for rent, it’s not easy for us, we are really suffering.”
