Refugees
Rights organisations criticise proposed refugee law
Scalabrini warns that adopting the First Safe Country Principle could erode refugee protection and disproportionately affect African asylum seekers
Law | 2 February 2026
Immigration Advisory Board appointed for the first time in a decade, says Schreiber
13-member Board will be advising the Home Affairs minister on matters relating to immigration policy, strategy, and implementation
Brief | 4 April 2025
Refugees say they fear death if they return to local communities
Nearly four years after the UNHCR protests, Bellville camp asylum seekers choose unsanitary camp conditions rather than face xenophobia and crime
News | 12 May 2023
Refugees evicted from UNHCR offices find shelter in an old school
The building does not have toilets or electricity. But the refugees say it is better than Lindela Repatriation Centre
News | 28 April 2023
Refugees are camping outside the UN offices in Pretoria. Here’s why
Most want to be repatriated to a third country, but authorities say this is impossible
News | 30 May 2022
Cape Town refugee sites to stay open longer after Home Affairs backtrack
Home Affairs warned the refugees to accept offers of assistance by the UNHCR or leave the sites, but the department has not enforced the demand
Brief | 3 May 2021
MPs give Home Affairs and City a tongue lashing over refugee camps
Parliament’s portfolio committee on Home Affairs to conduct oversight visit
News | 21 October 2020
Refugee Act amendments increase probability of unlawful detention, says report
Lawyers for Human Rights to host webinar on Friday
By Zoë Postman
News | 11 June 2020
Central Methodist Church seeks advice over removal of refugees
“The refugee leadership gave me the assurance that they will vacate the church. They did not honour these commitments”
Brief | 13 March 2020