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By Andile Zulu

Opinion

/ 14 March 2022

Refugees: The fallout of all wars

In World War I, millions of people fled Germany and millions fled when Germany occupied their countries; in Ukraine, it’s estimated four million will flee; and around the world there are 30 million refugees

By Charmain Naidoo

National

/ 13 November 2021

Born in but stateless in South Africa

Many young people in Mpumalanga – most of them descendants of Mozambicans who fled the civil war – are in limbo because they don’t have identity documents and birth certificates

By Masoka Dube

National

/ 30 April 2021

D-Day has arrived but refugees still remain in Cape Town’s temporary shelters

The home affairs department’s end game might just be the beginning. A hardcore few are still in one camp and about 600 remain in the second shelter

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 13 April 2021

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

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 18 June 2020

SA activist seeks asylum in Ireland

Former Khayelitsha resident Bulelani Mfaco is leading a campaign for the protection of refugee rights in that country

By Lester Kiewit

Article

/ 19 March 2020

Coronavirus uncertainty affects asylum seekers

Some refugee reception offices in South Africa have stopped accepting new asylum applications as the government enforces stricter measures to deal with the Covid-19 crisis

By Jan Bornman

Article

/ 13 December 2019

Refugees going home to nowhere

Asylum seekers will leave the Cape Town church, but most do not have documents, a situation they blame on the home affairs department

By Lester Kiewit

Article

/ 21 November 2019

Fear inside the church of refugees

Migrant leader accused of military-style
tactics to influence people and push authorities for a chance to leave South Africa

By Lester Kiewit

Article

/ 1 November 2019

Holistic approaches to ending violence

Gender-based violence and xenophobia need to be addressed through approaches that take account of people’s emotions and trauma

By Xolile Professor Zulani, Antonia Michaela Porter and Peter John Christians

Article

/ 30 October 2019

Police and migrants clash in downtown Cape Town

The migrants are calling on the United Nations to help them be repatriated to other countries, including Canada and Australia

By Lester Kiewit

Africa

/ 28 March 2019

Widespread torture and rape documented in Libya’s refugee camps

An increasing number of refugees are being tortured and raped in Libya, a new study has found.

By Nermin Ismail

Africa

/ 3 May 2017

Displaced Congolese find unlikely refuge in Angola

So far, an estimated 12 300 people have made the perilous journey to safety on foot, fleeing deepening conflict in Kasai province

By Simon Allison

Africa

/ 23 March 2016

UN praises Uganda’s treatment of refugees fleeing from neighbouring countries

More than 100 000 refugees arrived in in Uganda 2015 alone, making the country the third-largest refugee-hosting country in Africa.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 26 June 2014

Any place but home for record number of people

The annual global trends report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) paints a very bleak picture.

By Harriet Sherwood

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Article

/ 19 April 2012

Over 3.5-million people displaced by conflicts in 2011

International monitors say conflicts, including the uprisings in the Arab world, last year forced 3.5-million people to flee within their country.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 9 March 2012

South Africa ignores deportee torture claims

Congolese deportees claim the South African government is in cahoots with the DRC’s President Kabila, who they say is stifling dissent using torture.

By Niren Tolsi

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Article

/ 7 March 2012

UN raises concern over thousands displaced in DRC

The UN’s refugee agency says about 3 000 people from the DRC have been displaced amid renewed rebel attacks since the beginning of this year.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 8 January 2012

Embassy in Greece for Afghan asylum seekers

Afghanistan will open an embassy in Greece to help thousands of Afghan asylum seekers stranded while seeking a better life in Europe.

By Staff Reporter

Africa

/ 28 November 2011

Al-Shabaab rebels loot aid agencies banned in Somalia

Al-Shabaab rebels have banned some UN and international aid agencies from working in Somalia, seizing and looting some of their offices.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 8 April 2011

Gbagbo camp insists he won’t go

Laurent Gbagbo will not step down despite being besieged and trapped in a bunker under his Abidjan residence, one of his advisors said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 16 July 2010

UN deplores Uganda’s deportation of Rwandans

Uganda forcibly returned 1 700 Rwandan asylum-seekers and refugees, the United Nations said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 8 June 2010

UN refugee agency says Libya orders it out

Libya has ordered the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, to close its operations there, a UN spokesperson said on Tuesday.

By Jonathan Lynn

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Article

/ 28 May 2010

UN: Dozens killed in Mogadishu fighting

At least 60 civilians were killed over the last two weeks as heavy fighting engulfed the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the UN said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 2 February 2010

Somalia unrest claims 258 civilian lives in January

Nearly 260 civilians were killed in clashes between government troops and rebel militia in central Somalia last month, the UN said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 1 December 2009

Thousands flee fighting in DRC

More than 44 000 people have fled ethnic violence in the western DRC to seek refuge in the Republic of Congo, aid workers said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 21 July 2009

UN: 20 000 fuel exodus from Somali capital

More than 20 000 people have fled fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu over the past two weeks, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 25 March 2009

Relocation imminent for Zim refugees

The registration of Zimbabwean refugees living at the Central Methodist Church has been completed, Gauteng local government said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter

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Africa

/ 16 January 2009

DRC villagers take up arms against LRA rebels

Rebels have killed 567 people and displaced 115 000 in northeast DRC’s Oriental province since September, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.

By Joe Bavier

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Article

/ 14 October 2008

UN refugee agency to probe xenophobia response

The United Nations refugee agency will investigate the way its South African office responded to deadly xenophobic violence in May.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 11 October 2008

100 feared drowned in smuggling tragedy

About 100 people were feared drowned off the coast of Yemen after they were forced to swim ashore by smugglers, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 19 September 2008

UNHCR rejects criticism over refugee crisis

Some civil-society groups have had a ”negative impact” on efforts to solve the refugee crisis, the Southern African office of the UNHCR says.

By Staff Reporter

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