Siobhan Mccarthy

/ 10 March 2009

‘Special deal on cards for Zim refugees in SA’

Government is looking at granting special status to Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa that will allow them to reside and work in the country legally

By Staff Reporter

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/ 28 May 2008

Govt: Refugee-camp reports ‘not true’

The government has denied deciding to set up refugee camps for foreigners displaced by xenophobic violence. Reports suggesting such a move were ”baseless and therefore not true”, it said on Wednesday. ”The government has noted with concern media reports that the Cabinet has taken a decision to establish refugee camps,” a statement said.

By Mail Guardian Online Reporter, Sapa Author and Sapa Afp

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/ 28 May 2008

‘Shelters’, not camps, for foreigners

The Department of Home Affairs said on Wednesday it planned to establish shelters for foreigners who have fled xenophobic attacks over the last two weeks. The BBC reported on Wednesday that seven ”refugee camps” would be set up. By Monday night there were an estimated 17Â 000 displaced foreigners left in Johannesburg.

By Surika Van Schalkwyk and Sapa Afp

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/ 28 May 2008

BBC: Refugee camps for migrants

Seven refugee camps are to be set up around the country for foreigners who have fled xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The holding camps will take up to 70Â 000 people from increasingly unsanitary conditions at temporary shelters put up around state and municipal buildings and police stations.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 19 May 2008

Gauteng violence takes govt ‘by surprise’

Two weeks after the start of the xenophobic attacks in Gauteng, the government and police are still at a loss on how to handle the escalating violence. "The attacks keep on taking us by surprise. When we think the situation is under control something erupts somewhere else," an official from the Department of Home Affairs told the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> on Monday.

By Mandy Rossouw

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/ 19 May 2008

Parties slam govt over xenophobic attacks

Opposition parties on Monday lambasted the government for its handling of xenophobic violence in parts of the country, and even called for the army to be deployed. Mobs roaming through poor townships around Johannesburg have killed and beaten up immigrants over the past week, with Zimbabweans and others reporting purges by armed locals.

By Sapa Author, Mail Guardian Online Reporter and Sapa Afp

‘Special deal on cards for Zim refugees in SA’

Govt: Refugee-camp reports ‘not true’

‘Shelters’, not camps, for foreigners

BBC: Refugee camps for migrants

Gauteng violence takes govt ‘by surprise’

Parties slam govt over xenophobic attacks

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