{"id":22977,"date":"2022-06-22T16:10:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unruly-refugees-threatened-with-deportation"},"modified":"2022-06-22T16:16:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:16:17","slug":"unruly-refugees-threatened-with-deportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/unruly-refugees-threatened-with-deportation","title":{"rendered":"Unruly refugees threatened with deportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Government has threatened to revoke the refugee status of refugees engaging in criminal activities.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy minister of immigration Daniel Kashikola issued the warning on Monday at a commemoration event of World Refugees Day at the Osire refugee settlement in the Otjozondjupa region. The deputy minister expressed his disappointment with some refugees allegedly involved in criminal activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearly every third month, there is an article in the daily newspapers that a refugee has been arrested for dealing in drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, dagga and mandrax,\u201d Kashikola said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is tarnishing the good name of the country and the ministry will withdraw the refugee status of those drug dealers because they don\u2019t deserve to be in Namibia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kashikola said the ministry has observed that there are some farmers and businesspeople in Namibia who are employing some refugees and exploiting them, especially those in the charcoal industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese employers are hiring refugees without following prescribed criteria for recruiting foreign nationals. Some are employed without employment permits and without signing any contract. In the<\/p>\n<p>end, these refugees are paid peanuts and sometimes are not paid at all, when they ask for their salaries, they are told to go back to their countries of origin. This is unacceptable to the government of the Republic of Namibia,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashikola, refugees are the most vulnerable people, as they suffered a lot and it is unacceptable to inflict more pain on them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government is keeping a close eye on those farmers and business individuals who are taking advantage of refugees and employing them illegally, once found, they will face the full wrath of<\/p>\n<p>the law. The Immigration Control Act and the Labour Act are very much clear on the criteria for recruiting or hiring and paying foreign nationals including refugees,\u201d said Kashikola.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated the government\u2019s commitment to continue protecting asylum-seekers and refugees. \u201cThe Namibian government is behind you in search of a durable solution to your plight. Namibia shares the burden with you. We know exactly what it means to be a refugee because we have been refugees for many years too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Government has threatened to revoke the refugee status of refugees engaging in criminal activities. Deputy minister of immigration Daniel Kashikola issued the warning on Monday at a commemoration event of World Refugees Day at the Osire refugee settlement in the Otjozondjupa region. The deputy minister expressed his disappointment with some refugees allegedly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":22976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12,16],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-22977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unruly refugees threatened with deportation - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Government has threatened to revoke the refugee status of refugees engaging in criminal activities. 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