Immigration

No Christmas celebration for Rwandan asylum seeker

For Beatrice Ingabire and her four children, Christmas is just another day

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News | 21 December 2016

Immigrants picket Mashaba’s anti-immigrant comments

“Overwhelming evidence that some migrants do not possess paperwork because of corruption, maladministration and bureaucratic hurdles” at Home Affairs, says protest leader

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News | 19 December 2016

Home Affairs says no renewal of ZSP

A Whatsapp message has been circulating claiming officials said the Zimbabwean Special Permit will be renewed

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News | 14 December 2016

Informal couriers beat Zimbabwe import ban

“Malaicha” explain that prices include cost of bribes

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News | 8 December 2016

“Immigrants link SA to the rest of Africa”

Cape Town Refugee Centre event held in Joe Slovo Park

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Brief | 1 December 2016

Home Affairs office loses asylum documents

"How can I work without my asylum?"

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News | 28 November 2016

Residents try to rescue Somalis trapped in blaze

Four people die in burning buiding

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News | 24 November 2016

Refugee sleeps better selling pillows

Tafadzwa Mukwayo makes pillows out of recycled material, and sells them

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News | 14 November 2016

Concourt to determine rights of detained immigrants

People detained for crimes currently have more access to the courts than undocumented immigrants

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Law | 9 November 2016

After five trips from Cape Town to Pretoria, Malawian immigrant still has no papers

Charles Mkwapatira has spent a month in prison, and R15,000 - all for nothing

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News | 27 October 2016

Silent war on Somalis in Port Elizabeth

Hardly a day goes by without an attack, says Somali community

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Feature | 24 October 2016

Congolese immigrants march against Kabila

Protesters denounce violence in Kinshasa

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Brief | 1 October 2016

Lesotho nationals worried they will miss permit deadline

Many still await documents that they need to complete application

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Brief | 27 September 2016

Court strikes down Home Affairs directive on asylum seekers and refugees

“High time questions are asked why the department continues to waste taxpayer’s money” with fruitless litigation, says lawyer

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Brief | 23 September 2016

How does an illegal gold miner get money across the border?

A new breed of money couriers has earned the trust of immigrants shut out of formal banking

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News | 23 September 2016