Immigration

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

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News | 12 May 2023

Pregnant immigrants say they have been turned away from Joburg clinics

This is despite a Constitutional Court order

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News | 9 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

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News | 28 April 2023

Refugees evicted from UNHCR offices in Pretoria

UN refugee agency expresses relief that the operation was carried peacefully

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News | 21 April 2023

Families camped outside UNHCR offices in Pretoria face eviction

Deadlock with police as refugees refuse to leave

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News | 19 April 2023

Returning refugees swell numbers at Wingfield camp, with no solution in sight

Families refuse to return to communities in Cape Town or to go back to their countries of origin

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News | 19 April 2023

Twitter threats to litigants in Zimbabwean Exemption Permit court case

Global South Against Xenophobia urges police to act

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Brief | 18 April 2023

Judgment reserved in case to decide future of Zimbabweans in South Africa

State asks for ZEPHA’s case to be dismissed with costs

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Law | 14 April 2023

Zimbabwean Exemption Permit: Minister acted outside his powers, court told

“We are sleepwalking into a catastrophe”, says lawyer for Zimbabwe Immigrants Forum

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Law | 13 April 2023

ZEP: no rights were taken away, Home Affairs’ lawyers tell court

“Government is free to change the policy”

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Law | 12 April 2023

Helen Suzman Foundation slams Home Affairs’ decision to terminate ZEP system

The Foundation is among several groups in court challenging the decision by Minister Aaron Motsoaledi

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Law | 11 April 2023

Hero gardener saves man from burning car

John Manda pulled elderly man from a car in Rooiels

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News | 11 April 2023

Aaron Motsoaledi’s promised regularisation is a myth for ZEP holders

Decision to scrap the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit will be challenged in court next week

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Opinion | 6 April 2023

Refugee organisations in South Africa encouraged to speak with one voice

South Africa Refugee-Led Network celebrated Human Rights Day on Tuesday

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Brief | 22 March 2023

Immigration activists launch detention hotline as calls for help increase

Lawyers for Human Rights say they deal with at least 10 to 15 calls per day

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Brief | 22 March 2023