Zimbabwe’s children become refugees
25. Februar 2009 | Von atsil | Kategorie:English Read the WorldThey bear the look of street urchins, their eyes on the prowl for useful scraps of garbage and their bodies covered in clothes no cleaner than a mechanic’s rags.
The South African government issues temporary asylum papers to about 250 of these refugees a day, entitling them to six months without worry of deportation. Unaccompanied minors are ineligible for this status, though, leaving them in an odd limbo, with no specified place in the bureaucratic shuffle.
Continue reading: Zimbabwe’s children become refugees (The New York Times)
Further links:
- Zimbabwe Refugees Include Unaccompanied Children (VOA – video)
- Raging cholera just tip of Zimbabwe’s humanitarian crisis (MSF)
- Download MSF-Report (PDF): Beyond Cholera: Zimbabwe’s worsening crisis
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