A charter flight carrying 153 Palestinian refugees has safely landed and passengers have been allowed to disembark at Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport.

The flight, which arrived from Nairobi on Thursday morning, initially faced delays because many of the refugees' passports lacked exit stamps, making them inadmissible under South African immigration rules. Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers, which facilitated the flight, says the missing stamps were deliberately withheld by Israeli authorities. South Africa's government intervened, allowing the refugees to enter the country and seek asylum.

Joining us is Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder of Gift of the Givers, to explain the situation and the support being provided to the refugees.

A charter flight carrying 153 Palestinian refugees has safely landed and passengers have been allowed to disembark at Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport.
The flight, which arrived from Nairobi on Thursday morning, initially faced delays because many of the refugees' passports lacked exit stamps, making them inadmissible under South African immigration rules. Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers, which facilitated the flight, says the missing stamps were deliberately withheld by Israeli authorities.&nbsp;South Africa's government intervened, allowing the refugees to enter the country and seek asylum.
Joining us is Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder of Gift of the Givers, to explain the situation and the support being provided to the refugees.

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