Showing posts with label Lesotho; South Africa; Land-Locked; African Growth and Opportunity Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lesotho; South Africa; Land-Locked; African Growth and Opportunity Act. Show all posts

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Lesotho's Economic Woes Create Generation Of Migrants

The African Centre for Migration and Society said that remittances -- transfers of migrants to their home country -- make up to 30% of Lesotho's economy.
In a cottage in rural Lesotho, Tisetso Litheko lays out six full passports packed with immigration stamps showing his constant movement across the border to neighbouring South Africa.
The red tape of South Africa's immigration system, where officials frequently have a reputation for demanding bribes and causing long delays, has exposed desperate Lesotho job seekers to exploitation and cheap labour