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Determined Zimbabweans flow into South Africa
9 Oct 2007 Each night hundreds of Zimbabweans attempt to slip into South Africa, a flow that presents major challenges both to the South African government and the UN refugee agency. -
UNHCR chief commends Pretoria's refugee policy, pledges cooperation
24 Aug 2007 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Friday paid tribute to the South African government for its progressive policy on refugees and asylum seekers, including a commitment to ease access to basic services. -
South Africa takes practical steps to combat xenophobia
2 Aug 2007 A series of xenophobic attacks on refugees has sufficiently alarmed South Africa's leaders that they are now looking for ways to move beyond verbal calls for tolerance to finding ways to promote integration and co-existence. -
Child refugees book competes for top South African award
8 Jun 2007 A year after 'The Suitcase Stories' was launched to coincide with World Refugee Day, the book in which refugee children described their lives before and after arriving in South Africa is on the shortlist for South Africa's top non-fiction award. -
Inner city evictions leave Johannesburg refugees and asylum seekers homeless
11 Apr 2007 Johannesburg's inner city regeneration programme has led to the eviction of more than 100 refugees and asylum seekers. Some fear a flurry of evictions in coming months could see 70,000 people, including refugees and asylum seekers, expelled from 235 buildings. -
UNHCR helps prepare new guidelines for HIV treatment in southern Africa
3 Apr 2007 The UN refugee agency has jointly developed guidelines for managing antiretroviral therapy for displaced populations in southern Africa. The guidelines, initiated with the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, will help health workers in deciding the most appropriate treatment for uprooted populations. -
UNHCR joins task force aimed at easing tension between Somalis and locals in South African township
15 Mar 2007 Attacks on Somali traders mid-February in a South African township have focused attention on the problems of xenophobia and tension between the Somalis and locals. UNHCR has joined a task force aimed at finding ways to ease the situation and end violence. -
Somali refugee traders and their South African hosts struggle to get along
13 Mar 2007 UNHCR is concerned about the increase in the number of attacks on Somali refugees, which the Somali Association of South Africa claims have left more than 400 people dead in the past decade. -
Harvest time in Zimbabwe, refugees help themselves
19 Feb 2007 Under a UNHCR programme to improve agriculture - as a way of making Great Lakes refugees in Zimbabwe as self-reliant as possible - hundreds of refugees now raise some of their own food, improving both their diets and their self-respect.