South Africa had 207,000 asylum seekers in 2008, more than four times the number in the US. (UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 2008)
This week’s theme: Households, Houses and Homes
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Well, South Africa is that much prettier!
Gosh. How many illegal aliens? Maybe we should not use that word as it sound a liitle xenephobic.
The US has 310m people to SA’s 50m.
The Figure Also probably Excludes MOST Illegal Migrants & since JZ’s term started – ALL Zimbabweans.
It would be interesting to compare Percentages with European & North African Nations,as they have Land Bridges to other parts of the Third world.