Refugee Status
From asylum seeker, refugee to resident of South Africa
With the formal disintegration of apartheid in 1994, South Africa acceded to a number of far-reaching international legal and human rights instruments like the 1951 and 1967 Convention and Protocol for Status of Refugees and the 1948 Universal Declaration...
Asylum seekers right to non-refoulement without fear of detention and deportation
When South Africa acceded to the international principles and standards set out in the various Conventions and Protocols on Status of Refugees after 1994, it imposed on itself the widely held right of non-refoulement. In refugee parlance this right is...
Recent News
- Why British passport holders don’t need a visa for most countries in the world.July 12, 2018
- Craig Smith on Gigaba feedback over GuptasMarch 20, 2018
- Craig Smith Speaks About Asylum Seekers on The John Maytham ShowSeptember 28, 2017
- Zim man takes Home Affairs to court after arrestAugust 12, 2017
Guptas’ dodgy visa history raises further red flagsAugust 4, 2017
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