South Africa: Judge Slams Lawyers Who Preyed On Refugees

Attorneys and advocate who did "a cut and paste job" for clients ordered to pay the costs from their own pockets Read more »

South Africa: Asylum Seekers Fear Arrest but Can't Access Documents

Lawyers for Human Rights takes this issue to the Constitutional Court next month. Read more »

South Africa: Refugees Face 'No Hope' Service From Home Affairs

Dozens queue, but the reception office in Gqeberha only serves 15 asylum seekers a day Read more »

South Africa: Long Delays At Home Affairs Mean Refugees Are Missing Out On Social Grants

Legal Resources Centre says these delays are "incredibly worrying" Read more »

South Africa: Refugees Say They Fear Death If They Return to Local Communities

Nearly four years after the UNHCR protests, Bellville camp asylum seekers choose unsanitary camp conditions rather than face xenophobia and crime Read more »

South Africa: Refugees Evicted From UNHCR Offices Find Shelter in an Old School

The building does not have toilets or electricity. But the refugees say it is better than Lindela Repatriation Centre Read more »

South Africa: Refugees Evicted From UNHCR Offices in Pretoria

UN refugee agency expresses relief that the operation was carried peacefully Read more »

South Africa: Returning Refugees Swell Numbers At Wingfield Camp, With No Solution in Sight

Families refuse to return to communities in Cape Town or to go back to their countries of origin Read more »

South Africa: Living Conditions At 'Transit Camp' in Ethekwini Municipality Are Inhumane, Say Residents

Camp was intended as temporary housing but 11 years later, many families are still there Read more »

South Africa: Refugee Organisations in South Africa Encouraged to Speak With One Voice

South Africa Refugee-Led Network celebrated Human Rights Day on Tuesday Read more »

South Africa: Asylum Seekers Fear Arrest As Delays Mount

People have been struggling to renew their permits at Home Affairs in Musina since 2020 Read more »

South Africa: Here's What the Zimbabwean Embassy Says About the Expiry of the ZEP

The ambassador encouraged voluntary repatriation. But he also criticised the way Zimbabweans are being denied public services in South Africa. Read more »

South Africa: Anti-Immigration Group Operation Dudula Accused of Targeting Children

Asked to comment, spokesperson swears at GroundUp reporter and slams down phone Read more »

South Africa: 500 Refugees Living in Wretched Conditions in Cape Town Camp

Three years after the UNHCR protests, Bellville camp asylum seekers cling to dream of resettlement Read more »