An immigration official rejected the asylum application of a man from Chad who was jailed solely for homosexuality in his home country
The department of international relations and cooperation said the order failed to recognise South Africa’s ‘profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid’
The government must address the corruption surrounding the management of undocumented migrants, asylum seekers and refugees by home affairs officials, the police and the defence force
The Assad dynasty has fallen, but will it end Israel’s genocide in Gaza?
With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers
The brilliant Io Capitano, which opens the 11th European Film Festival, puts a human face on migration issues
The ‘stop the ships’ law shows how countries like Britain can evade their international responsibility to host refugees by shipping them off to Africa in exchange for ‘development deals’
Alfredo Jaar’s photo exhibition is of Rwandan, Sudanese, Afghani and Vietnamese refugees
The home affairs minister’s attempted revision of South Africa’s progressive refugee protection policy is discouraging
Those on the fringes of society are too easily excluded from political and democratic affairs
Public figures are often quick to heighten negative stereotypes about migrants
The country must chart a humane policy for refugees that flows from the spirit and objects of the post-apartheid constitutional order
The government denies any wrongdoing, describing the allegations of the murder of Africans on the country’s borders as unfounded
As 250 000 people fled air strikes, street battles, looting and sexual violence, property owners in the Egyptian capital saw an opportunity
Refugees ‘hounded like dogs’ by the police and army despite protests by the United Nations Refugee Agency and civil society
The sections render asylum seekers ‘undocumented’ if they do not renew visas within one month of expiry date
Said Shaiye’s memoir refuses vulnerability in favour of macho, compelling inner dialogue
Four people died last week after a small boat packed with migrants capsized in the Channel in freezing weather conditions
Prime minister expected to give speech on ‘meaningful moment’
Not only has South Africa signed various international conventions, its own Constitution gives children this right
With the war pushing up gas prices, Europe faces a cold, dark winter of load-shedding – which sounds familiar. But what is the solution?
Eurocentric approach to refugees is not relevant to African situation
Moving unwanted arrivals out of sight grants political footholds to richer nations in host regions
If you’re a male citizen of combat age, attempting to cross the border is fraught with danger.
The world’s poorest country is nevertheless host to 61 000 Malians who fled jihadist attacks
Many young people in Mpumalanga – most of them descendants of Mozambicans who fled the civil war – are in limbo because they don’t have identity documents and birth certificates
What’s been happening on the continent this week?
Access to justice for refugees begins with putting their issues on the national agenda
Citing security concerns, the government gave refugees just 14 days to report to the country’s only refugee camp
More than 11-million people were forced to flee their countries in 2020
Services provided by the City of Cape Town and the government are gradually drying up
The home affairs department’s end game might just be the beginning. A hardcore few are still in one camp and about 600 remain in the second shelter