Harriet Mclea

The Times: Arrests add to strain on church and refugees

| | | |

http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1030294

Arrests add to strain on church and refugees
Claire Myhill and Harriet Mclea

REFUGEES who were arrested for loitering, after seeking shelter outside Johannesburg’s Central Methodist Mission, are back on the streets after spending the weekend in jail.

Because the group can no longer sleep outside, for fear of being rearrested by the Johannesburg Metro Police and SAPS officers, the mission’ s Bishop Paul Verryn is now forced to let them sleep in the church’s sanctuary, which was previously kept clear for worshippers.

Syndicate content