By Rebecca Walker, Thea de Gruchy, Sharon Ekambaram and Marlise Richter

South Africa’s latest immigration white paper was approved just six weeks after public submissions closed. Collective Voices for Health Access reviewed 18 of those submissions and identified a troubling pattern: exclusion quietly institutionalised through documentation and digital systems, increasing barriers to healthcare for migrants and South Africans alike.

Civic organisation March and March during an anti-immigration protest in Johannesburg.

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Meanwhile, anti-foreigner marches have made clear just how normalised xenophobia has become. Groups like March and March and Operation Dudula mobilise around an uncontested narrative that migrants cause unemployment, crime, and service pressures without providing any evidence.

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