Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Lindela Camp

I guess Zim is not considered news, because I can't find any definite information about it...

LINK is a 1999 report...probably outdated...

LINK2 and LINK3 are recent reports of deaths there...

LINK4
...It is estimated that at least three Zimbabweans die at Lindela every month but the exact number is not known. A senior official at the centre this week told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that they also did not know how many Zimbabwean immigrants were dying at the centre.
Immigrants without identification papers were given paupers’ burials while those whose bodies could be collected by their relatives were given the same type of burial.
Dube said a recent visit to Leratho hospital where sick immigrants from Lindela were admitted had revealed that most, if not all were suffering from diseases that are caused by poor hygiene, poor living conditions and poor diet. ...

I can't judge if that is a high number or not....this article says that the camp holds "up to 5000 people"...if it's overcrowded, 2 or three deaths a month would not be a high death rate...

However, if the complaints of corruption and poor hygiene are true, then expect outbreaks of diarrhea and other disease...

And, of course, one never knows what is going on there....where are the reporters? I can find reports of things like "Thousands deported" or "160 Zim deported", yet there are hundreds of thousands of Zim citizens in that country...

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