Who really benefits when the state refuses to provide documents? – The Mail & Guardian

Who really benefits when the state refuses to provide documents? – The Mail & Guardian

This morning I am outside the Refugee Reception Office (RRO) in Pretoria with two Ugandan refugees. They have come here twice before and been turned away in violation of the Refugee Convention and South African domestic law. We arrived at 4:25am and we were number five in the queue. It is now just after 5am, and already there are close to 50 people waiting. Vulnerable people, desperate to get documented. The two people I am with fled to South Af…