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SOUTH AFRICA: Rethinking asylum

Sunday, August 17, 2008

South Africa should consider temporarily declaring asylum seekers from certain Southern African countries as refugees, to keep up with the burgeoning...

Southern Africa: Child migrants tell all

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The stories of children who travel alone in Southern Africa tell of beatings at the hands of the authorities, of their possessions being taken, of...

SOUTH AFRICA: Inner city blues - migrants in search of treatment

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Johannesburg, South Africa's largest and wealthiest city, has been attracting hopeful new residents since gold was discovered here more than a...

AFRICA: Welcome mat worn thin in SA

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Recent attacks on Somali, Zimbabwean and Mozambican migrants in South Africa have been labeled xenophobic: but could the violence point to a much...

SOUTH AFRICA: Rights NGOs condemn xenophobic attacks

Irin

Friday, March 28, 2008

Human rights organisations in South Africa have condemned a spate of xenophobic attacks that have reportedly left four people dead and hundreds...

SOUTH AFRICA: Zimbabweans flee with hope and US$50

IRIN

Friday, February 29, 2008

"We know why you're in South Africa - Life in Zimbabwe is murder these days", a billboard greets Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa's border town...

SOUTH AFRICA/ZIMBABWE: ARVs behind bars

PlusNews

Friday, February 15, 2008

South African police are denying detained undocumented HIV-positive migrants access to the crucial food needed to continue antiretroviral therapy,...

GLOBAL: UK media could do more to combat HIV stigma

PlusNews

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Instead of challenging the dual stigmas attached to HIV/AIDS and African migrants, UK media coverage may have contributed to them by painting HIV...

MOZAMBIQUE-SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa draws child migrants

IRIN

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Unaccompanied children, an average of 14 years old but sometimes as young as seven, are being drawn to South Africa from neighbouring states in the...