1 min readBy Joseph Chirume
GROUNDUP : Life as an asylum seeker in SA’s broken immigration system
By Joseph ChirumeSouth Africa
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For years seeking asylum has been near impossible. Facing xenophobia, arrest and deportation, three refugees, from Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Somalia, describe the horrors they fled, and their plight in South Africa.
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- Length
- 31 words · 1 min read
- Published
- October 22, 2026
- Byline
- Joseph Chirume
- Source
- Daily Maverick