The De Doorns xenophobia victims would remain camped out on a sports field in the town for the weekend, the SA Human Rights Commission's Western Cape manager said.

Talks were continuing over the reintegration of the foreigners into the local community, Leonardo Goosen said.

20 November 2009, 13:06
The police in the Western Cape said on Friday that 22 people had been arrested on Thursday night at De Doorns in connection with attacks on foreigners earlier in the week.

Superintendent Desmond van der Westhuizen said the people were alleged to have been involved in public violence during Tuesday's confrontations between locals and foreign workers.

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The De Doorns xenophobia victims would remain camped out on a sports field in the town for the weekend, the SA Human Rights Commission's Western Cape manager said.
Talks were continuing over the reintegration of the foreigners into the local community, Leonardo Goosen said.

The De Doorns xenophobia victims would remain camped out on a sports field in the town for the weekend, the SA Human Rights Commission's Western Cape manager said.
Talks were continuing over the reintegration of the foreigners into the local community, Leonardo Goosen said.

18 November 2009, 21:15

By Luvuyo Mjekula

As calm returned to the small town of De Doorns after scenes of violence in the past few days, authorities were looking to move the thousands of displaced Zimbabwean refugees back into the area they were violently evicted from.

18 November 2009, 23:19
The Red Cross has launched a R2-million appeal for emergency support for xenophobia refugees at De Doorns in the Western Cape.

"The South African Red Cross Society calls on South Africans to stand together for humanity," the organisation said on Wednesday afternoon.

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19 November 2009, 13:07

The Western Cape government was more concerned about the media than the well-being of the De Doorns xenophobia victims, refugee rights group Passop claimed on Thursday.

Premier Helen Zille and her MECs had not yet apologised to the refugees for the pain they had suffered, the organisation said in a statement.

De Doorns informal settlement was quiet on Wednesday morning after about 2 000 foreign nationals had to be evacuated for safety
reasons, Western Cape police said.

"Police are still in the area monitoring the situation," said De Doorns station commissioner Superintendent Desmond van der Westhuizen.

17 November 2009, 22:47

About 1 000 foreign nationals have evacuated informal settlements at De Doorns in the Western Cape following a flare-up of xenophobia, police said on Tuesday.