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FILE. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), about 70,000 refugees applied for asylum in SA in 2013 alone. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

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SA has 3rd highest number of asylum seekers worldwide

By Masa Kekana

According to the UNHCR, about 70,000 refugees applied for asylum in South Africa in 2013 alone.

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