JOHANNESBURG, South Africa– Police in South Africa on Friday arrested more than 100 undocumented foreigners living in a house east of Johannesburg, some as young as 10 years old.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa– Police in South Africa on Friday arrested more than 100 undocumented foreigners living in a house east of Johannesburg, some as young as 10 years old.
Motsoaledi said the Ethiopian running the house had been a refugee in the country since 2019, having renewed his status four times. All 102 foreigners were crammed into one house with poor living conditions and no furniture,"just blankets all over the floor, dirty pots, dirty plates" according to the ministry.
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