The rights of refugees in Africa are under threat: what can be done

By Parvati Nair, Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London

In April 2022, 70 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were reportedly detained and then deported by the Zimbabwe government. Once back in the DRC, their government rejected 15 of them, who were sent back to detention facilities in Harare. The incident raises legal questions around human rights and the obligations of states that are signatories to the 1951…

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