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The Impact of Xenophobia on Migrant Children in South Africa and Beyond

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Invisible Victims: How Xenophobia Shapes the Lives of Migrant Children In 2022, the International Organization for Migration estimated that more than 2.9 million migrants live in South Africa. Many of them come from neighboring countries such as Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Among these migrants are hundreds of thousands of children. Unfortunately, […]

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Zimbabwe’s Double Burden: Climate-Displaced Children Facing Xenophobia in South African Schools

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From Drought to Discrimination: Zimbabwean Children in South African Schools A Classroom in Johannesburg In early 2025, a Grade 6 teacher in Johannesburg reported an alarming pattern: children arriving mid-term from Zimbabwe, often without documentation, struggled with English or isiZulu and were targeted by classmates repeating anti-foreigner rhetoric. One 12-year-old boy, fleeing prolonged drought with

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