Talk to people to understand why they fled their home county and the difficulties they face in South Africa
The FW de Klerk Foundation affirms that no South African citizen is being persecuted on the basis of race
The claim by the Trump administration that they are refugees is an abuse of the word
The plight of asylum seekers needs to be understood and treated with compassion, not xenophobia
Employment, proper housing and help have become nearly impossible to find, with Egypt’s two-year economic crisis rapidly worsening
Those on the fringes of society are too easily excluded from political and democratic affairs
The country must chart a humane policy for refugees that flows from the spirit and objects of the post-apartheid constitutional order
As 250 000 people fled air strikes, street battles, looting and sexual violence, property owners in the Egyptian capital saw an opportunity
The sections render asylum seekers ‘undocumented’ if they do not renew visas within one month of expiry date