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Food insecurity and social injustice: The plight of urban poor African immigrants in South Africa during the COVID-19 crisis.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Informa Healthcare Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101256323 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1744-1706 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17441692 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Glob Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: London : Informa Healthcare
      Original Publication: Abingdon, UK : Routledge, c2006-
    • Subject Terms:
      Emigrants and Immigrants* ; Food Insecurity* ; Poverty* ; Social Justice*; COVID-19/*epidemiology; Humans ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Socioeconomic Factors ; South Africa/epidemiology ; Urban Population ; Vulnerable Populations
    • Abstract:
      We discuss the plight of urban poor African immigrants from the perspective of the right to food (food availability, accessibility and adequacy) for everyone during the COVID-19 in South Africa. Despite their disrupted sources of livelihood, the majority of the African immigrants are without a social welfare safety net and have little hope of benefiting from the Government relief packages. Consequently, it seems that the increase in the triple burden of food insecurity, poverty and malnutrition compounded with social injustice and income inequality is inevitable for the urban poor African immigrants in South Africa. Even though the Government may not have the capacity to address food insecurity by itself, the Government should endeavour to make the limited resources to access food equally available to all with no social injustice. By working hand in hand with foreign national associations, township councillors and other stakeholders, such as the food banks and faith-based organisations, that have stepped forward to try and bridge the widening incapacity of the Government to feed the food insecure, the nexus of food insecurity and social injustice of African immigrants will be alleviated.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: African immigrants; Food insecurity; poverty; right to adequate food; social injustice
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20201204 Date Completed: 20210114 Latest Revision: 20210114
    • Publication Date:
      20240829
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/17441692.2020.1854325
    • Accession Number:
      33275870