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By ARNALDO VIEIRA
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Amnesty International (AI) has called on the Government of Botswana to refrain from returning refugees from Namibia to their homes.
The deadline for victims of the Caprivi conflict voluntary return home, ends Wednesday.
According to Amnesty International, more than 900 refugees, including at least 400 children who have never lived in Namibia, have been left in the background by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) . ) that they would no longer receive support and medical services at the Dukwi refugee camp, where they have been living for almost two decades.
These men, women and children should not be forced to return home if their personal safety can not be guaranteed According to Muleya Mwananyanda, his deputy director for Southern Africa, "a lot of things are at stake here, if the government of Botswana forces people to return to Namibia where they could be confronted with human rights olations.It was quoted later.
AI visited Botswana last month and talked to some of the refugees, who expressed concern after the government removed their refugee status.
Namibians fled to Botswana in 1999 following a civil war that shook the northeastern part of the country of their country, known as the Caprivi Bands, between the Caprivi Liberation Army and the Government
In Botswana, for fear of retaliation by the Namibian Government
In 2016, a High Court of Botswana has come to an end the deportation of 928 Namibian refugees.
The court granted a temporary stay of the government's decision to revoke their status.
Last year, the government of Botswana declared that it wanted the approximately 3,500 refugees and asylum seekers nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Somalia constitute the largest number of refugees and asylum seekers in Botswana, after those of Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Botswana is one of the most stable countries in Africa. It is also known as the continent's longest continuous multi-party democracy.
The nation of Southern Africa is relatively free of corruption and has a good track record in human rights.
