The Zimbabwean Refugee Situation & Human Rights Complaints

In response to Special Assignment on the 3rd of August. There are a few facts about the Zimbabwean refugees in SA that have to be understood:

1. Sa is the only country that allows foreigners to move freely and unrestricted inside its borders.          2. The SA borders are ridiculously insecure and are largely unpatrolled. 3. The right to housing, basic services & being fed does not include freedom of movement.

Other countries actually hold illegal immigrants in detention centers until their status has been formally identified. Only refugees fleeing political persecution, civil war or famine are given asylum.
The Zimbabwean immigrants are economic not political and therefore should have to get visas before entering South Africa, just like any other person anywhere else in the world. If they want asylum, as refugees, they will have to prove that they will be persecuted if they return to Zimbabwe.

The fact that the Zimbabweans complain about their treatment by Home Affairs & the South African Police is hypocritical, as they are doing nothing to remove Robert Mugabe from power or stop the attacks by ZANU-PF War Veterans on their fellow citizens.

The problem with having such a large immigrant population is that it puts a tremendous strain on the South African economy. We already have to deal with 25-50% unemployment in SA, which means that we do not have enough jobs for our own citizens.




While one can understand their complaints about xenophobic attacks on them and other foreigners by South Africans. This is not something that was totally unforseen, as whereever a large concentration of refugees or economic migrants has happened there has been violent attacks on these foreigners: Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Chad, Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Sawziland, Nigeria, Eritrea, Somalia, Algeria, Egypt and Zimbabwe - So why should a sudden massive influx of foreigners (refugees or immigrants) cause anything different in South Africa? We are a normal Flawed country just like any other...

The solution to the problem of the Zimbabwean illegal immigrants is to get an AU Force to enforce the last election results, which the MDC actually won... And that means that the ANC Government in SA has to stop sucking up to Robert Mugabe!

However, there is no way that SA can allow itself to become a dump-ground for Africa's disadvantaged. Particularly, as none of the other countries in Africa want to take them...