Ashraf Essop, an immigration law specialist, and Professor Loren Landau, an expert in migration and development from Oxford and Wits, unpack the legal, social, and moral implications of growing hostility towards asylum seekers in South Africa. This follows a disturbing incident in which Operation Dudula members attempted to shut down a local clinic, demanding that foreign nationals be denied access to healthcare. Despite the public outrage, such actions persist—often ignoring the Refugees Act and South Africa’s international legal obligations, which guarantee asylum seekers access to essential services. With the asylum system already overwhelmed and public sentiment increasingly volatile, the guests explore what South Africans need to understand about the rights of refugees—and what’s at stake if we continue down this path of exclusion and vigilantism.

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