*YCLSA Press Statement* June 20, 2013
*YCLSA stands against the abuse of refugees * As the Young Communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] we believe that the working class should unite, we have always, and will continue to, condemn xenophobia and attacks targeted against immigrant and refugees. Last night in Kraaifontien, on the eve of world refugee day, we received reports of dozens of refugee-owned shops and Spazas being looted by criminal elements who masquerade behind the banner of xenophobia in dishonest attempts to justify their unacceptable looting of small informal traders. We cannot allow for such behaviour to go unchallenged. We condemn the attacks and call upon the police to increase their presence to avoid the situation from spiralling further out of control. These looters have seriously disgraced us and we must call on South Africans to publicly show their disapproval, we cannot allow small criminal groups to tarnish our good nation's efforts to provide protection to refugees. While South Africa is a country with many problems, we are also a country that has not only a moral, but a historic responsibility to protect and assist our fellow African brothers and sisters who have to flee their countries and thus be classified as refugees. The YCLSA hopes that the bad actions of a few do not discredit the overwhelming compassion, love, support and spirit of ubuntu that the vast majority of our people have towards refugees. Issued by the YCLSA Head Office For more information contact: Khaya Xaba YCLSA National Spokesperson Cell: 071 115 4619 @chedetachment @YCLSA -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
