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    Bureaucratic Barriers to Social Protection for Refugees and Asylum Seekers during the COVID-19 Disaster in South Africa
    University of the Western Cape Library Service ; 2021
    In:  AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW Vol. 7, No. 2 ( 2021)
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    In: AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW, University of the Western Cape Library Service, Vol. 7, No. 2 ( 2021)
    Abstract: The economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic could be minimised by social protection instruments such as unemployment insurance and distress relief grants. This paper assesses the ability of refugees and asylum seekers to access these instruments in South Africa. In general, the bureaucratic system of asylum documentation acts as a barrier to access social protection, as exemplified by the administration of the Unemployment Insurance Fund and the Social Relief of Distress grants during the pandemic. While this problem has traditionally been articulated in terms of equality and socio-economic rights, this paper proposes that asylum administration should also be prioritised as a disaster preparedness and management infrastructure, as well as an essential service. This is to ensure refugees and asylum seekers need for protection is not neglected in a disaster.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2410-7972
    URL: Issue
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.14426/ahmr.v7i2
    DOI: 10.14426/ahmr.v7i2.922
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: University of the Western Cape Library Service
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Is Voluntary Repatriation the Preferred Durable Solution? The View of Refugees in South Africa
    University of the Western Cape Library Service ; 2021
    In:  African Human Mobility Review Vol. 6, No. 2 ( 2021-04-23), p. 80-101
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    In: African Human Mobility Review, University of the Western Cape Library Service, Vol. 6, No. 2 ( 2021-04-23), p. 80-101
    Abstract: Voluntary repatriation as the preferred durable solution for refugees has attracted much scholarly attention and the existing literature highlights the complexities of the process. This paper attempts to answer the question of when return can be considered as truly voluntary and preferred. To answer this question, the paper considers reasons offered by refugees themselves. The percentage of voluntary repatriation applications by refugees living in South Africa is low in relation to the number of refugees living in the country. However, reasons why refugees might choose to repatriate are still worthy of interrogation if we are to truly establish whether it is a preferred solution. Refugees’ answers illustrate that they are not always completely free to make choices. They may indicate consent, but consent does not necessarily indicate a preference. This paper incorporates a study which reveals that refugees choosing to repatriate from South Africa are indeed very small in number, despite the vigorous attempts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at promoting voluntary repatriation. It further reveals that this can be partly attributed to the fact that in an urban setting such as South Africa with a rights-based framework, refugees are often able to better integrate into their host society without the direct assistance of the UNHCR as they would do in a camp-based setting. As such, assumptions that voluntary repatriation is a preferred durable solution for all refugees, need to be interrogated.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    URL: Issue
    URL: Journal
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.14426/ahmr.v6i2.793
    DOI: 10.14426/ahmr.v6i2
    DOI: 10.14426/ahmr.v6i2.800
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: University of the Western Cape Library Service
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Challenging the Practice of Administrative Detention for Stateless Persons in South Africa
    University of the Western Cape Library Service ; 2022
    In:  AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW Vol. 8, No. 3 ( 2022)
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    In: AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW, University of the Western Cape Library Service, Vol. 8, No. 3 ( 2022)
    Abstract: In South Africa section 41 of the Immigration Act requires any person approached on reasonable grounds by a police or immigration officer to identify themselves either as a citizen or as a person lawfully present in the Republic. Anyone unable to identify themselves as persons lawfully in South Africa will be deemed to be illegally present and hence subject to an arrest, detention, and possible deportation. This detention can go on for an initial period of 120 days. This “unlawful” status automatically entitles immigration officials to arrest and detain such persons, but with the caveat that if such persons express an intention to apply for refugee status their asylum application must be permitted and facilitated. Stateless persons are, by definition, unable to demonstrate their legal presence or provide a valid identity document. They would therefore be deemed to be unlawfully present and therefore detained. This section of the Immigration Act is especially prejudicial to stateless persons since South Africa has no status determination procedure for stateless persons. This paper intends to demonstrate the unlawfulness of the laws regarding the immigration detention of stateless persons and whether there is an alternative approach or a remedy that could be implemented for stateless persons arrested without the means to identify themselves in South Africa.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2411-6955 , 2410-7972
    URL: Issue
    URL: Journal
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.14426/ahmr.v8i3
    DOI: 10.14426/AHMR
    DOI: 10.14426/ahmr.v8i3.1149
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: University of the Western Cape Library Service
    Publication Date: 2022
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