JP Smith, Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, called a press conference today (March 5) to address issues around the refugees who were moved from Greenmarket Square on Sunday 1 March.<br /><br />Smith alleges that the South African Police Service shifted the goalposts in terms of their participation in a joint operation that was meant to move the refugees who were squatting on the sidewalks around Greenmarket Square.<br /><br />On Monday Cape Town’s law enforcement officers escorted the refugees to Cape Town Central police station to be voluntarily arrested. <br /><br />The City law enforcement services had earlier on Monday given them the option of either being escorted out of the city or to face arrest, they chose to be arrested.
