Civic movements to provide solutions for displaced foreigners

By Mandisi Tyulu
18 September 2008

The Treatment Action Campaign and other organizations from civic society will release a report on the current positions regarding the conditions in the refugee’s camps of the displaced foreign nationals.

Representatives from the following organizations - Cosatu, Sonke Gender Justice, EDICo, AIDS Law Project, PASSOP and TAC will release a report jointly compiled and collated by the South African Human Rights reflecting the current conditions of displaced people in the Western Cape.

This report highlights problems concerns and challenges with regards to humanitarian support, education, reintegration, documentation, employment, violence and socio-political problems within communities.

TAC’s Scott Dunlop says the report provides a lot of information that can be of interest to government and other parties involved in the xenophobia attacks .He added that the report is up to date.

“This report aims to persuade government to hold off closing camps of the refugee’s camps until they provided a better plan for the integration and repatriation ’.