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The Road to Asylum Documentation in South Africa

Refugee rights organisations are outraged that the Department of Home Affairs continues to turn away scores of new refugee applicants in Cape Town despite a High Court ruling to the contrary.
Guy Oliver/IRIN

Asylum seekers (file photo): The Home Affairs office in Cape Town is facing a court interdict for refusing to renew asylum seeker permits and refugee status documents for foreign nationals who originally obtained their documentation in another province.

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