Africa: Joint Statement By the Committee On the Rights of the Child and Unicef On the Plight of Migrant Children in South Africa

Africa: Joint Statement By the Committee On the Rights of the Child and Unicef On the Plight of Migrant Children in South Africa

Geneva/Nairobi — The Committee on the Rights of the Child and UNICEF express their deep concern regarding the plight of migrant children in South Africa and the challenges they face while moving across the African continent. As enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and…

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Africa: Joint Statement By the Committee On the Rights of the Child and Unicef On the Plight of Migrant Children in South Africa

Africa: Broken Promises, Shattered Hopes – – the Plight of African Climate Migrants Seeking Work in ‘Wealthier’ SA

Climate refugees who abandon drying agricultural lands in frontier countries and head to South Africa to seek new livelihoods are encountering crushing hardship in this country. ‘Crop yield, livestock failed. That’s why we came to South Africa confident of a fresh start,” says Joshua Tuso (41), an undocumented migrant from Zimbabwe. But “it has been…

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