Botswana urges refugees to consider integration with local communities


  • World
  • Friday, 21 Jun 2024

GABORONE, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Botswana on Thursday pleaded with refugees residing at Dukwi Refugee Camp, some 550 km northeast of Gaborone, Botswana's capital, to consider integration with local communities.

"Last year, I urged refugees to consider local integration as a durable option, but I regret that very low numbers of applications have been received," said Machana Ronald Shamukuni, Botswanan minister of justice, at the commemoration of the World Refugee Day, which fell on Thursday.

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