Home Affairs
Gay refugees denied asylum by Home Affairs bigotry - report
Organisations analysed letters denying LGBTI applicants refugee status
News | 30 April 2021
New attempt to force Home Affairs to obey court orders
Asylum seekers have struggled with documents since 2012 when Home Affairs closed its Cape Town refugee office
News | 20 April 2021
Activists sceptical about Home Affairs’ ability to move refugee process online
Department extends validity of asylum and refugee permits until 30 June
Brief | 14 April 2021
KZN church leaders speak out against xenophobia
MK vet leader says the organisation’s name has been dragged “to the ground” by attackers claiming to be veterans
Brief | 8 April 2021
Refugee leader detained for over 120 days
Aline Bukuru has been separated from her three children who remain in the Bellville camp without a guardian
News | 24 March 2021
Department of Home Affairs flouts court orders, year after year
Still no functional refugee reception office in Cape Town
News | 23 March 2021
Refugee organisations stage ceremony pretending that Home Affairs has resumed services
Asylum seekers are desperate for government to start serving them again
News | 19 March 2021
Home Affairs bureaucracy: Woman can’t get an ID or register her child’s birth
Tashreeqa Isaacs’s life is mired in red tape because of an error that happened 18 years ago
Brief | 15 March 2021
Zimbabwean couple demand gay rights
Yet having fled Zimbabwe, they face “corrupt, homophobic and xenophobic” Home Affairs in South Africa, says NGO
News | 26 February 2021