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October 10, 2019
The United Nation High Commissioner for RefugeesUNHCR has pledged to work with the South African government in providingprotection to refugees, where xenophobic attacks occurred.
The UNHCR said it is working closely with the SouthAfrican authorities to continue providing protection through the issuance ofappropriate identity documentation, to facilitate access to health care andeducation.
And also employment opportunities for all refugeesand asylum seekers,” the agency said in a statement.
The UNHCR made the pledge after some refugees andasylum seekers, including women and children, have been gathering in front ofUNHCR offices in Cape Town and Pretoria since on Tuesday.
They accused the South African government of ignoringtheir plight, not only in Johannesburg where recent xenophobic attacks occurredbut also in Cape Town.In Cape Town, the refugees, mostly from theDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Nigeria, Somalia and Pakistan, askedthe UNHCR to help them leave South Africa.