Immigration

UNHCR refugee protest stems from failures at Home Affairs

Long delays, inefficiencies and obstructionism causes frustration and anger among asylum seekers

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News | 27 November 2019

No lawyers and no bail: Refugees on trial for trespassing

They occupied the UNHCR offices in Pretoria, demanding resettlement to a third country

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Law | 19 November 2019

Asylum seeker appeals hospital decision to stop dialysis

Alem Bazabe Ereselo was deemed ineligible for a kidney transplant because of her refugee status

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Law | 19 November 2019

Greenmarket Square traders ask government to address refugee situation

Some traders on the square have closed up shop because their business has been disrupted

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News | 15 November 2019

Refugee leaders refuse help from civil society organisations

Chances of resettlement are dismal, but leaders of group staying at church in centre of Cape Town persist with demand

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News | 7 November 2019

Refugees in limbo after eviction at UNHCR

Asylum seekers find refuge at the Central Methodist Church

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News | 1 November 2019

Chaos in Cape Town as refugees evicted from city centre protest

Court order against protesters outside UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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Photo Essay | 30 October 2019

“Our blood does not want to be spilled in the land of South Africa”

Refugees respond to UNHCR media statements

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Photo Essay | 26 October 2019

Children of immigrants must be in school, says Minister of Home Affairs

“Send them to school. We’ll look at the documentation later”

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News | 23 October 2019

Asylum seeker wins right to marry

The Supreme Court of Appeal has declared Home Affairs’s prohibition on asylum seekers marrying unconstitutional

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Law | 21 October 2019

Dan Plato addresses refugees camped outside the UNHCR

Over 200 people are sleeping rough in a protest that has no end in sight

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News | 18 October 2019

Hundreds join refugee protest outside UNHCR

The week-long sit-in by asylum seekers keeps growing

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News | 15 October 2019

Taxi associations accused of terrorising immigrants in Pretoria

Men beaten up, accused of drug dealing

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News | 14 October 2019

Protesters camp outside UNHCR offices

“I don’t want to be in a country where I am attacked, beaten up and reminded every minute that I do not belong here”

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News | 9 October 2019

Refugees accuse UNHCR of incompetence

“I am here to demand that UNHCR confront Home Affairs on our behalf”

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Brief | 8 October 2019