By Nomava Nobumba
15 April 2010
The last remaining 187 refugees at the Blue Waters camps have been evicted today.
The eviction started early this morning and it lasted for three hours with no incidents reported.
The City’s Peter Cronje says the city provided free transport to the refugees who wanted to stay with friends or family.
“The possessions of those refugees who do not presently have alternative accommodation will be stored at the offices of the Sheriff in Somerset West,” said Cronje.
Cronje says rehabilitation of the facility will commence shortly before the site can be reopened for public use.
The eviction follows a lengthy process of negotiation which began in May 2008 when some 20 000 people were displaced during xenophobic attacks.
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