South Africa: Undocumented Children Struggle to Find Schools

Instead of being in school some beg at traffic lights

• Many children of immigrant parents who are undocumented are struggling to get places in South African schools.
• The online school registration placement system requires documentation and most public schools insist on it.
• Private schools will accept undocumented children but the fees are too high for most parents.

It is 10am and nine-year-old Michael is begging at a set of traffic lights in Johannesburg. Most children his age are back at school…