A number of South Africans who tried to enter Australia by applying for refugee status have been disappointed after their visas were not approved.
The families, according to Australian media, were applying for protection and humanitarian visas, but received rejection letters that read: “The risk of murder and serious physical/sexual assaults is one faced by the population of the country in general and not by the applicants personally.”
He had instructed his department to consider claims from persecuted South African farmers whose families had suffered murder, torture or rape. In Australia, politician and South African expat Savanna Labuschagne told Australian media that she was frustrated that South Africans were prevented from receiving assistance by the government.
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