Asylum

Durban refugee office turns away asylum applicants

Article Jan Bornman - 23 Jul 2019

A staff shortage means asylum seekers are unable to make appointments to apply for refugee status

Australia to ‘carefully consider’ Saudi woman’s asylum plea

Article Agency - 8 Jan 2019

Rahaf Mohammed Al-Qunun, fleeing alleged abuse by her conservative family, says she tried to reach Australia on a tourist visa

Swedish student delays deportation of Afghan man with in-flight video stream

Article Gemma Ritchie - 25 Jul 2018

Activist Elin Ersson disobeyed authorities to delay the deportation of an Afghan asylum seeker, saying it is not right “to send people to hell”

Queer Ugandans struggle with the complexities of seeking asylum from repression

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Jun 2018

In the week that the first Pride parade was held at a refugee camp in Kenya, a commentator assesses the situation for LBGTI asylum-seekers from Uganda

Sierra Leone vice-president asks US for asylum

Africa Staff Reporter - 16 Mar 2015

Sam Sumana was expelled from the governing All People's Congress party for what is described as "his anti-party activities".

Atheists: Excluded and overlooked

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 15 Jan 2014

It's not just refugee law. The low status accorded to unbelievers has now become a matter of systematic civic exclusion, writes Zoe Williams.

Russia says ‘not thinking about’ asylum for Syria’s Assad

Article Sapa Afp - 28 Jul 2012

Russia has made no agreement to grant Bashar al-Assad asylum and is "not even thinking about" doing so, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

Refugees in backlog limbo

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jun 2008

A damning exit report by a team of experts blasts the Department of Home Affairs for failing asylum-seekers in South Africa.

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Western Cape Judge Mushtak Parker faces second misconduct complaint

Franny Rabkin - 1 Apr 2020

The Cape Bar Council says his conduct is ‘unbecoming the holding of judicial office’

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The Mogale Centre: A place of hope for young offenders

Athandiwe Saba - 30 Mar 2020

In the last story of her series about children behind bars, Athandiwe Saba speaks to young men who have committed serious crimes and are now living behind the walls of the Mogale Child and Youth Care Centre

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