If they try to leave Nairobi for Johannesburg, there may be a problem. Many refugees and illegal immigrants in South Africa are currently held at the notorious Lindela Detention Centre near Krugersdorp which becomes home to thousands of Zimbabweans and Mozambicans before they are deported from Johannesburg. The centre has been run by the Dyambu Trust on a three-year contract after Meritum Hostels won the tender to accommodate illegal immigrants before their deportation. Lindela is part of a mine hostel that closed down and consists of separate accommodation for males and females. The male section is larger and can sometimes accommodate as many as 30 beds in one room.
Inmates tend to group according to their nationalities.
There are rooms for Zimbabweans, Nigerians, Mozambicans, Ethiopians and so forth. The majority of residents, though, are Mozambicans and Zimbabweans. There have sometimes been tensions between the different nationalities. War broke out. Zimbabweans and Mozambicans do not stay long at Lindela.