Journalist António Capalandanda cast aspersions on Luanda’s Beijing ties and has now fled to Durban, seeking refuge.
The challenge is huge but there are some things that could ease the tragic situation.
Acting judge slams inept home affairs officials for ‘deplorable’ way in which they dealt with asylum application.
Teachers face an uphill battle to educate immigrant children stranded in no-man’s land.
Thousands of African women and children seeking asylum in Israel staged a protest march in Tel Aviv against the Jewish state’s immigration policies.
The UN refugee agency has warned that Israel could be in breach of international law due to its policy of indefinite detention for asylum seekers.
Thousands of African asylum seekers have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv criticising the state’s long-term detention of illegal immigrants.
More than 300 African asylum seekers are feared dead after a boat carrying them to the Italian island of Lampedusa capsized on Thursday.
The head of security at the home affairs department refugee centre in Cape Town has been sacked for allegedly taking bribes, say reports.
Radovan Krejcir’s controversial case has called into question the blanket ban on revealing asylum seekers’ details.
Political refugees who risk their lives to sail from Africa to Italy are being abandoned to a life of poverty and isolation, according to a report.
Australia’s prime minister, Julia Gillard has announced a sharp reversal in her government’s policy on asylum seekers on Monday.
A lack of health service delivery to foreigners, which almost amounts to human rights abuses, costs South Africans far more than they realise.
Congolese deportees claim the South African government is in cahoots with the DRC’s President Kabila, who they say is stifling dissent using torture.
Policy documents have outlined the party’s plans to crack down on illegitimate asylum seekers.
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/ 7 December 2011
The departments of home affairs in Cape Town and Durban did not follow procedure and instead lured asylum seekers under false pretences.
The moratorium on deporting illegal Zimbabweans has quietly been lifted by the department of home affairs, prompting an outcry from rights groups.
Two migrants were allegedly killed and several injured at a refugee centre in Pretoria earlier this week during a stampede, according to witnesses.
On the eve of the deadline for Zimbabweans illegally living in South Africa, Zimbabwe says there’s little more it can do to help undocumented citizens
Home affairs’s implicit extension on permit processing to August fails to allay fears of expulsion.
Desperation is mounting for undocumented Zimbabweans waiting for permits needed ahead of the July 31 deadline.
The amount of time asylum seekers have to apply for refugee status after entering South Africa could be reduced from 14 days to five.
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/ 16 December 2010
The death of 28 asylum seekers has renewed pressure on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to soften Australia’s asylum policy.
"I really need to go back to South Africa," said Thuli Ngwenya,* with a hint of desperation in her voice.
Home affairs minister tries to ease anxiety as the December 31 regularisation deadline looms.
As many as 300 Zimbabweans are arriving in South Africa a day to apply for asylum, Médecins Sans Frontières said on Wednesday.
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/ 7 November 2008
With a flourishing economy and more than a decade of relative political stability, it is no mystery why SA is being inundated by asylum seekers.
Two hundred foreign nationals who had a traffic-violations case against them withdrawn have been detained at the Lindela repatriation centre.
Zimbabweans have turned to South Africa for safety and work, but almost all enter and remain in South Africa without documents.
A damning exit report by a team of experts blasts the Department of Home Affairs for failing asylum-seekers in South Africa.