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University of Johannesburg holds summit to find out if South Africans welcome refugees

Source: Samigration, 21/03/2019

According to The Citizen, the SAIFAC states that what is written in
the White Paper on International Migration is not the reality that
the asylum seekers are experiencing. The South African asylum and
refugee system conducts individual refugee status determination,
which results in an estimated 90-plus percent of refusals, added
SAIFAC.
â€œThe system is slow and unjust and once you are caught in SA without
the legal document you get arrested. South Africans are not welcoming
to foreign nationals. The government and the people are very hostile
towards foreign nationals,â€ noted director of the Refugee Rights
Unit, Dr. Fatima Khan.
SAIFAC then suggested a programme called Global Impact, that could
lessen pressure when it came to dealing with foreign nationals and
would be self-reliant.
Prof. Loren Landau, the director of the African Centre for Migration
and Society argued a different point of view than that of Khan.
â€œWe are more welcoming than any other country in the world, the
challenge is the socio-economic issue that we are facing of
unemployment and poverty. If you look at the stats, refugees are
doing way better than the South Africans, they have better jobs,
health care system, and can afford the best houses,â€ added Landau.
â€œWe are facing a huge problem at the home affairs. Our duty is to
visit schools and hospitals in order to inform mothers that once they
give birth, they need to come to Home Affairs with proper documents
so that we can make birth certificates,â€ concluded Home Affairs
spokesperson, Minah Malakoane.
As for what the next steps will be in addressing refugees entering
the country, and being more welcoming of them, remains to be seen.

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