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SA Migration Newsletter
18 / 2024 |
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International was created out of the need for a
specialist organization to assist people wishing to immigrate,
volunteer, work, bring family, study or open businesses in South
Africa.
South Africa`s Home Affairs fails court order, leaving 700,000 IDs blocked amid fraud suspicions unresolved.
The department of home affairs (DHA) has failed to implement a court ruling instructing it to release some of the identity documents (ID) that were blocked on suspicions of fraud.
In January, a judgment was handed down by the high court stating home affairs blocking more than 700 000 IDs was unlawful as the department had not followed proper procedure.
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), which represented more than 100 people, claimed none of its clients’ IDs had been unblocked in the stipulated 90 days.
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber on an oversight visit to the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office in Epping.
Cape Town - Asylum seekers and refugees in Cape Town have expressed their frustration at long waiting periods at offices, saying they were hopeful the new ministry would improve this.
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber visited the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office in Epping yesterday, where he got a first-hand look at the procedures that asylum seekers must follow.
I’m not sure what exactly caused this enormous backlog at the Department of Home Affairs.
Only one day in office and the new Minister for Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber, has made an impact. In his first official act he extended the temporary concession for foreign nationals who are currently awaiting the outcome of visa, waiver and appeal applications, until December 31, 2024.
Finally, some relief for around 145 000 applicants, many married to South Africans, who have been living in limbo and in constant fear of being declared an ‘undesirable.’
I’m not sure what exactly caused this enormous backlog at the Department of Home Affairs.
Clearly, something big went wrong. It is important to acknowledge that there are many extremely hardworking and kind Home Affairs officials.
Bangladesh is reeling under deadly clashes, with protesting students demanding that the Sheikh Hasina-led government scrap the controversial job-quota system
More than 50 people have been killed in the clashes that broke out weeks ago.
A total of 778 Indian students have returned to India from Bangladesh through various land transit points, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday as the neighbouring country continued to reel under deadly clashes over a controversial job-quota system.
Indian missions in Bangladesh are in regular touch with the authorities concerned to ensure the safety and security of Indian nationals and students, the MEA said.
`Thus far, 778 Indian students have returned to India through various land ports. In addition, around 200 students have returned home by regular flight services through Dhaka and Chittagong airports,` the ministry said.
Section 22(12) and (13) of the Refugees Act 130 of 1998 were presented by the Refugees Amendment Act 11 of 2017, which came into force on 1 January 2020 (J Cassette, E Roos and AB Karjieker ‘Automatic abandonment of asylum application: An analysis of the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town v Minister of Home Affairs judgment’ (www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com, accessed 5-5-2024)).
Section 22(12) and (13), Regulation 9 and Form 3 of the Refugees Regulations provide that asylum seekers who fail to (personally) renew their asylum visa within the period of 30 days on expiry of their asylum are considered to have abandoned their asylum application (Cassette et al (op cit)). SA
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Table of Contents
1. About SA Migration
2. ‘Disregard for human rights’ - Frozen IDs still not unblocked by home affairs 3. Home Affairs minister visits refugee office in Cape Town as part of the department`s oversight tour 4. Opinion | Home Affairs 5. 778 Indian students return home from Bangladesh amid ongoing violence 6. Protecting refugees: Non-refoulement principle and the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town case
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