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S. Africa to Build Refugee Camps for Foreigners

Affluent nation shocked by settlement plan

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted May 28, 2008 9:57 AM CDT

(Newser) – South Africa is planning to establish refugee camps for the foreigners driven from their homes by anti-immigrant violence, the New York Times reports. The shelters, dubbed “temporary places of safety,” would initially house the 11,000 people sheltered near police stations across the...   Read full story »

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