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  1. Hundreds seek refuge at the SA embassy

    by , 26th June 2008 at 02:50 PM (Tracking the News)
    HARARE, 26 June 2008 (IRIN) - More than 200 supporters of the Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), including women and children, are camping in the grounds of the South African embassy in the capital, Harare, hoping to get refugee status. They say they are trying to escape the violence unleashed by the militia of ZANU-PF, the previous ruling party.

    Police have set up roadblocks on all roads to the embassy, apparently to stem a suspected tide of asylum seekers ...
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    Democracy , Human Rights , Sadc , Zimbabwe
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