The Department of Home Affairs confirmed that 55,190 people hold recognised refugee status in the country, while a further 82,348 remain active asylum seekers.

The Department of Home Affairs confirmed that 55,190 people hold recognised refugee status in the country, while a further 82,348 remain active asylum seekers.

South Africa does not have an asylum crisis. It has an accountability crisis, it is one dressed up in the language of migration management for so long that few people bother to…