Eviction Case for Refugees Set for April
The government has spent millions on Wingfield and Paint City camps since 2020.
An application to evict hundreds of refugees from emergency accommodation at Wingfield in Maitland and Paint City in Bellville is set for a court hearing on 13 April 2026.
The City of Cape Town and the national departments of Home Affairs and Public Works filed a joint application at the Western Cape High Court in June and served eviction notices to the occupants of both sites in August.
The occupants have opposed the application, which concerns large white tents erected during the Covid lockdown to house refugees protesting outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices.
The refugees demanded to be resettled in Europe or Canada, citing fears of xenophobia, but
resettlement to a third country is not standard practice.
Author's summary: Refugees face eviction from camps.
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