Midday Live, 23 Jun Lawyers for Human Rights in court to challenge Operation Fiela-Reclaim

Lawyers for Human Rights launch a high court challenge against the manner in which Operation Fiela-Reclaim is being conducted across the country. Following xenophobic attacks, President Zuma appointed a team to deal with issues of migration. The committee responded by instituting operation Fiela to restore law and order. Lawyers for Human Rights want this practice done within the confines of the law. Operation Fiela has seen foreigners targetted and arrested in their homes in the early hours by police and military officials supported by immigration officers from home affairs. Patricia Erasmus, head of Lawyers for Human Rights' Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme...