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Having experienced homophobia and attacks in South Africa, Mfaco applied for asylum in Ireland in 2017 on his return from South Africa, having completed his master's degree in 2016. At this point, he was moved into a direct provision centre in Balseskin, Finglas, Dublin. He has since lived in centres in County Clare and Knockalisheen, County ...
Thomas Duncan Greenlees FRSE (29 September 1858 [1] – 22 January 1929) was a Scottish psychiatrist who had a strong association with South Africa. He headed the Medical Association of South Africa for many years and was Inspector of Asylums for the Cape of Good Hope. [2] He did much to promote the de-stigmatisation of insanity.
Migrants residing in South Africa pay over $1 billion (USD) in remittances, accounting for 0.2% of the nation's total economy (measured by GDP). [4] The highest levels of remittances received from South Africa are respectively in Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini (also known: Swaziland), Botswana, and Malawi.
The sociologist Alice Bloch notes that migrants in South Africa have been the victims of xenophobia and violence, regardless of their immigration status. [ 3 ] Refugees from poorer neighbouring countries include many immigrants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and others, who represent a large portion of ...
Somalis in South Africa are diplomatically represented by the embassy of Somalia in Pretoria. [7] The office is intended to protect the interests and rights of Somali expatriates in the country, to tap into new commercial opportunities for Somali businesspeople, and to strengthen diplomatic representation in the region.
The Constitutional Court held that the issue of whether socio-economic rights are justiciable at all in South Africa is put beyond question by the text of the Constitution as construed in the judgment Ex parte Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly: In re Certification of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. [6]
Refugee travel documents issued by the Government of Canada cannot be used for travel to the bearer’s country of citizenship, [7] and a refugee travel document issued by another country is not treated as a valid passport for the purposes of obtaining an Electronic Travel Authorization to visit Canada.
Several periods of violent riots against migrants have occurred in South Africa in the past decade, some resulting in fatalities. Countries from which the migrants targeted originated include Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. [290] [291] In March 2019, groups armed with machetes broke into the homes of migrants in Durban. At least six people ...