Refugees in urgent need of help :: Mmegi Online

Raising serious allegations against specific individuals, refugees at Dukwi, who would not give their names for fear of reprisals, ask: What is the problem with leaving Botswana where we are underfed, our clothes are threadbare, women in their periods stain their threadbare dresses because they are not provided with pads, girls have to sell their bodies in order to get by, and even the water supply is regularly disrupted?

The problem facing refugees in Botswana is not a new one. It started more than 10 years ago. We might not be able to narrate all the events due to many circumstances but we can briefly state the source of the suffering. There is an elite group in government that seems to be benefiting from our suffering. We analysed it and we have come to conclude that it is a very well organised system which embodies in the Office of the President, the Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security, as well as previous and current officials and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). This system was created by Ross Sanoto, the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President, and a director in the Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security.

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