Immigration
Cameroonian refugees in Cape Town can’t get legal status
Home Affairs was ordered by the courts to open a centre over a year ago for new asylum seeker applicants
News | 2 May 2019
Why a high court dismissed Somali claims for asylum
But Lawyers for Human Rights disagrees with the court’s reasoning and is appealing
Law | 18 April 2019
Zimbabweans leave after xenophobic attacks in Vuwani
“I miss my fellow Zimbabweans. We used to stay as a family but we are now scattered in Limpopo”
Brief | 17 April 2019
Immigrant-owned shop saved by residents, later looted
Owner says this is the fourth time since 2007 he has had to flee. Police stretched to the limit
Brief | 12 April 2019
Eastern Cape immigrant shop owners say they pay for protection from “xenophobia”
Last week immigrant-owned shops in Cofimvaba were shut down for a day by SANCO
News | 12 April 2019
Immigrants fear for their lives in Durban
Municipality dismantles tents and sends displaced foreign nationals back to their homes
By Musa Binda
News | 3 April 2019
Immigrants robbed and forced to sleep outside in Durban
Victims of latest xenophobic violence blame electioneering by politicians
By Musa Binda
News | 28 March 2019
Asylum seeker battles because of Home Affairs’ spelling mistake
Refugee Yanke Tonga Gillis says he has tried unsuccessfully to get the spelling of his name corrected
Brief | 25 March 2019
Refugee children turned away by Cape schools
Immigrant parents battle red tape to get their kids in school
News | 22 March 2019