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ARTICLE: WORLD REFUGEE DAY – IN THE SHADOW OF THE BORDER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY BILL

REFUGEES OPT

Wednesday, 20 June 2018, marks World Refugee Day, a day earmarked to honour the millions of people who have fled their home countries due to war, violence and extreme human rights abuse, with little more than the clothes on their backs. 

On this day the United Nations (UN) reminds us that the international commitment by countries to assist the most vulnerable in terms of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (the UN Convention), is not a “shared burden” but a “shared global responsibility” based on our “common humanity” and international law obligations. This responsibility is shared by South Africa, which ratified the UN Convention.

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