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In Africa, refugees struggle to enjoy human rights and freedoms.
1951 UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE CONVENTION

Refugees are not migrants but people forced to flee their home countries

The plight of asylum seekers needs to be understood and treated with compassion, not xenophobia

  • Yeukai Chideya
6 min read
The UNHCR made available R147-million to South Africa to establish the Backlog Project.(David Harrison/M&G)
ASYLUM SEEKERS

Backlog Project provides hope for Cape Town refugees, asylum seekers

Many people at the Wingfield site have left to settle locally or be repatriated, but about 360 still insist they want to be resettled in a third country

  • Eunice Masson
5 min read