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African migrants pay high prices to send money home

February 28, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

(IRIN) – New data from the World Bank has revealed that African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world. While South Asians pay an average of US$6 for every … read more »

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Gay asylum seekers speak of discrimination in S. Africa

June 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Gay African asylum seekers struggle to find work and battle homophobic discrimination in South Africa, the continent’s only nation to allow same-sex marriage, a report showed Tuesday. Interviews with 25 Africans by a Cape Town NGO found that 90 percent … read more »

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Thousands of Zimbabweans in South Africa Face Deportation

August 1, 2011 by benim

The South African government has finished processing applications from more than 250,000 Zimbabweans seeking permission to live and work in South Africa. The South African government has indicated that starting next month, any Zimbabwean in the country without authorization could … read more »

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Zimbabweans in South Africa Complain Zimbabwean Consulate Slowing Down Regularization Process

May 24, 2011 by benim

Many Zimbabweans living in South Africa say they still have not gotten passports from their consulate in the country, preventing them from completing residency applications. They complain that the scheduled delivery of passports earlier this month was marred by confusion, … read more »

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