March 1 — Police forcibly removed hundreds of migrants who had been living for months in Cape Town’s popular Greenmarket Square. Cape Town had sought an injunction after about 700 foreign nationals, mainly from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi, occupied the area’s sidewalks. A court in February granted the city the right to enforce its bylaws which prohibit sleeping, washing, defecating or cooking on the streets, which it did on Sunday.
March 1 — Greece invoked an emergency clause of European treaties (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/europe/2020-03-04-greece-turkey-and-a-fractured-eu-face-off-over-migrants/) on Sunday and suspended accepting asylum applications, after an influx of migrants seeking refuge in Europe raised tensions along its heavily fortified border with Turkey. The rapidly evolving crisis came after Turkey told millions of migrants and asylum seekers hosted on its soil that it won’t stand in the way if they want to leave. ..
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