Carolyn Bester is a South African human rights activist who has worked extensively to protect the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. She is the founder and director of the Refugee Rights Centre of South Africa, which provides legal and other support to refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa.
Bester has been a vocal critic of the South African government’s refugee policy, which she argues is too restrictive and does not provide adequate protection to refugees and asylum seekers. She has also been involved in a number of high-profile cases involving the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, including the case of Naledi Pandor, a Zimbabwean woman who was deported from South Africa in 2006 after seeking asylum.
