South Africa excludes refugees and asylum seekers from Covid-19 aid - The Mail & Guardian

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Despite being protected in South Africa by law, these groups have been swept aside when it comes to relief packages.

, all inhabitants had to close down their non-essential businesses and stay home.

fell through the cracks. This had an even greater effect on the lives of refugees and asylum seekers as they could not access food security. Difficulties further arose in situations where companies have used the lockdown to retrench employees. Like other retrenched employees, refugees and asylum seekers should benefit from the UIF because they have contributed to the fund. It is problematic, therefore, that their exclusion has been justified by the employment and labour department, which claims that its computer system is not designed to capture the numbers appearing on their status permits.

 

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