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Refugee and asylum seekers in South Africa are facing problems with the Department of Home Affairs' online system, leaving them vulnerable to deportation and their children to 'structural xenophobia', Lawyers for Human Rights told Parliament.
Thousands of low-skilled Zimbabwean nationals are finding it difficult to qualify for visas and many believe the SA cabinet's decision to do away with their special exemption permit is aimed at pushing them out of the country.