South Africa Refugee Led Network

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As the Refugee Convention marks its 75th anniversary this year, many refugees and migrants in South Africa continue to face a painful and dangerous reality. Across several communities, ongoing xenophobic attacks, forced evictions, intimidation, discrimination, and violence against foreign nationals continue to destroy lives and deepen fear among already vulnerable populations.

While we do not ignore the serious socio-economic frustrations experienced by many South Africans, refugees and migrants should not become scapegoats for systemic failures, unemployment, poverty, and inequality. Both hosting communities and displaced people are suffering under the same broken systems, even if tensions are too often directed at one another.