The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR has pledged to work with the South African government in providing protection to refugees, where xenophobic attacks occurred.
The UNHCR said it is working closely with the South African authorities to continue providing protection through the issuance of appropriate identity documentation, to facilitate access to health care and education.
And also employment opportunities for all refugees and asylum seekers,” the agency said in a statement.
The UNHCR made the pledge after some refugees and asylum seekers, including women and children, have been gathering in front of UNHCR offices in Cape Town and Pretoria since on Tuesday.
They accused the South African government of ignoring their plight, not only in Johannesburg where recent xenophobic attacks occurred but also in Cape Town.In Cape Town, the refugees, mostly from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Nigeria, Somalia and Pakistan, asked the UNHCR to help them leave South Africa.
