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Lumumba Chia fled to South Africa 27 years ago. He is not allowed to leave

Refugees and stateless people face a long road to getting documentation

Lumumba Chia spoke at a World Refugee Day event in Cape Town on Thursday. Photo: Marecia Damons

Lumumba Chia, who has lived in South Africa for more than 20 years, has been unable to obtain travel documents despite following the required processes.
He spoke at a World Refugee Day symposium in Cape Town, which highlighted the barriers faced by refugees, undocumented migrants and stateless people in accessing identity documents, citizenship and other basic rights.
While South Africa has legal protections aimed at preventing statelessness, poor implementation and administrative obstacles persist.

Lumumba Chia has lived in South Africa for more than two decades. He holds a Refugee Permit, has filed the necessary applications, and has done everything the system requires of…

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