Refugees and asylum seekers are being given the option of repatriation or reintegration — and most see it as a choice between dying here or at home.
All six shelters accommodating foreign nationals displaced by the xenophobic attacks of May will be closed within two weeks.
The Mogale city municipality was on Friday trying to arrange accommodation for hundreds of xenophobia refugees milling around outside Lindela.
The Gauteng provincial government believes favourable conditions exist for the reintegration of people displaced by xenophobic violence.
SA has done its best to provide assistance to the victims of the xenophobic attacks and should not be blamed for detaining undocumented people.
Efforts by police to remove xenophobia refugees from the Glenanda shelter in Johannesburg ran into resistance by lunchtime on Tuesday.
Hundreds of xenophobia refugees will be removed from a Johannesburg shelter on Tuesday after refusing to apply for temporary identification cards.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has apologised to victims of anti-immigrant violence in South Africa, in a sometimes tearful sermon to thousands.
An apparent hostage situation at a refugee camp in Johannesburg highlights troubling situations in these camps, established after xenophobic violence.
The Centre for Development and Enterprise is calling for a commission of inquiry into xenophobic violence that killed more than 60 people in SA.
Lawlessness, murderous mobs and politics were behind violence, says Robert McBride.
Immigrants endure inhumane conditions, but would rather stay than return to their communities when the camps close on July 23.
Refugees want to tell Ebrahim Rasool that they are terrified of being forced to reintegrate, despite camps being scheduled to close on July 23.
A DRC woman wept quietly on Thursday as she described how her family were hounded as they tried to return to their shack in a Cape Town settlement.
”Inhuman conditions” forced the Institute for Islamic Services to stop its relief work in refugee camps in Pretoria last week.
Michael Mushi stands near the spot where Mozambican national Ernesto Nhamuave was burnt alive and issues a warning to foreigners.
President Thabo Mbeki will address the national day of mourning in support of those affected by the recent xenophobic attacks.
The government has criticised the "misconception" that foreign migrants steal jobs from SA citizens — a key reason for recent xenophobic violence.
More than a month after xenophobic attacks shook Gauteng, feelings of desperation worsen among thousands of foreigners housed at temporary shelters.
A national day of mourning scheduled for Tuesday in South Africa in honour of those killed in a recent wave of xenophobic violence has been postponed.
Intolerance was at the root of the xenophobic attacks that swept the country last month, Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool said on Tuesday.