Maitland Refugee Reception Office faces closure

Last week the Department of Home Affairs announced that the Maitland Refugee Reception Office received a 30 day notice that their lease will expire on 31 May 2012. Refugee rights group Passop says that in May 2012 a decision of the South African High Court ruled in favor of the eviction of the Maitland Reception Offce as a consequence of the claims raised from neighbouring business that the office constitutes a public nuisance. Passop's Braam Hanekom says they are shocked that in two years the Department of Home Affairs has not been able to provide a solution to the eviction order by either instituting the necessary legal proceedings for appeal or identifying an alternative site able to suit the requirements ordered by the court. This morning I spoke to Passop's Braam Hanekom. This interview was first broadcast on Voice of the Cape's Breakfast Beat programme...