Immigration

Slow progress towards opening Cape Town refugee office

Home Affairs re-opens Port Elizabeth Refugee Reception Offices, but Cape Town process very slow

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News | 19 June 2018

Khayelitsha residents destroy shack in xenophobic attack

“People destroyed my shack and took everything. They say they don’t want a kwere kwere to stay here.”

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News | 11 June 2018

Zimbabwean children miss exams as Home Affairs sends them from city to city

“These people are not considerate. Why work with refugees when they do not have refugees’ interests at heart?”

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News | 8 June 2018

Some bank accounts blocked while customers wait for new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit

Banks remind customers to bring proof of application

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Brief | 6 June 2018

Former Angolan refugees face uncertain future

They were expecting permanent residence, but they have been offered four years in South Africa instead

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News | 4 June 2018

Victory for asylum seekers in Constitutional Court

Court rules on extension of temporary permits

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Law | 30 May 2018

No security at Home Affairs

Foreshore office even more chaotic than usual

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News | 25 May 2018

Case dropped against arrested informal gold miners

Four miners fined for contravening immigration law

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Brief | 18 May 2018

Refugee organisation condemns raids by Home Affairs

Government says it will continue to enforce immigration legislation with “full might of the law” and “no respite”

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Brief | 15 May 2018