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The High Court has overturned a Home Affairs official’s decision to reject the asylum application of a man who fled his home country after he was imprisoned for homosexuality. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Judge slams home affairs department for ‘unintelligible, illogical babble’ in gay case

An immigration official rejected the asylum application of a man from Chad who was jailed solely for homosexuality in his home country

A moment to reflect: The US is politicising the issue of asylum, but in South Africa some populist politicians do the same. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

SA politicians also weaponise migration

South Africa must rid itself of issues that prevent a fair, rights-based approach to people’s mobility

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi .(Alet Pretorius/Foto24/Gallo Images)

Motsoaledi withdrawing South Africa from international refugees treaties is not a solution

The country must chart a humane policy for refugees that flows from the spirit and objects of the post-apartheid constitutional order

Scalabrini launched a constitutional challenge against two sections of the Refugees Act as well as parts of its regulations.
Photo: (David Harrison/M&G)

High court declares sections of Refugees Act unconstitutional

The sections render asylum seekers ‘undocumented’ if they do not renew visas within one month of expiry date

With youth month around the corner, education support networks have raised the alarm on the persistent underperformance and marginalisation of boys in the education system. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The children of asylum seekers in South Africa have a right to education

Not only has South Africa signed various international conventions, its own Constitution gives children this right

Persecuted: Officers remove refugees camping outside the United Nations Council for Refugees’ office in Cape Town in October 2019. (AFP)

ConCourt clarifies act for asylum seekers

The apex court has reversed amendments to the act that made it difficult for refugees to apply for asylum while making it easy for Home Affairs officials to unjustly detain and…

Scalabrini launched a constitutional challenge against two sections of the Refugees Act as well as parts of its regulations.
Photo: (David Harrison/M&G)

South Africa excludes refugees and asylum seekers from Covid-19 aid

Despite being protected in South Africa by law, these groups have been swept aside when it comes to relief packages