Immigration

Woman told to go to Zimbabwe to get her South African-born child’s visas

She faces prohibitive costs and may lose her job

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Brief | 22 February 2019

Immigrants targeted in Alexandra housing battle

Vigilantes accused of throwing families out of RDP housing

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Feature | 21 February 2019

Asylum seekers forced to go to Port Elizabeth to apply for documents

Applicants can’t wait until promised opening of Cape Town office in June

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Brief | 29 January 2019

Home Affairs to open refugee office in Maitland

New applicants to be served in Cape Town again

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Brief | 24 January 2019

Concourt takes compassionate approach to people who enter country unlawfully

Asylum delayed is not (necessarily) asylum denied

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Law | 17 January 2019

Ethel Mavaivai has been admitted to university at the age of 26 - but she can’t afford the fees

Immigrants, even if they came to SA as children, do not benefit from free tuition

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Brief | 10 January 2019

Zimbabweans stock up in SA to beat inflation at home

But the cost of taking goods back rises over Christmas

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News | 18 December 2018

Concourt agrees: people guilty of serious crimes will not qualify for refugee status

However, extradition law still protects their fundamental rights

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Law | 6 December 2018

Be patient, Home Affairs tells Zimbabweans awaiting permits

Visa processing company expected to finish its work by end of January

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News | 3 December 2018

Asylum seekers can now apply for residence visas

Constitutional Court ruling overturns Home Affairs directive

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Law | 27 November 2018

New PE refugee centre struggling to cope with large number of applicants

Many applicants are turned away daily because of lack of capacity

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News | 26 November 2018

Born in South Africa but not a citizen

Ghanaian matric student desperate for ID to get to university in 2019

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News | 26 November 2018

Rwandan man faces death if he is deported from South Africa

The Constitutional Court is deciding if Alex Ruta can seek asylum

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Law | 2 November 2018

Immigrant shop owners terrorised in Newcastle

Two shopkeepers murdered in October

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Brief | 2 November 2018

Home Affairs in court after official tears up child’s passport

Tinashe Bello was happily at school in Cape Town until he applied for a visa to allow him to represent his school in a German soccer tournament

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News | 31 October 2018

Home Affairs reopens refugee office it closed in 2011

“The courts had spoken. We had to do it,” says Deputy Minister of Home Affairs

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News | 22 October 2018