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The current immigration policy taken up by the South African government is aimed at maintaining the status quo, although the immigration rate has historically been something the South African government has attempted to decrease.
Issuing visas for visitors to South Africa (although visa applications pass through embassies or consulates which are part of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation). Managing immigration to South Africa and naturalisation of permanent immigrants. Handling refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa.
The distinction between the meaning of the terms citizenship and nationality is not always clear in the English language and differs by country. Generally, nationality refers a person's legal belonging to a nation state and is the common term used in international treaties when referring to members of a state; citizenship refers to the set of rights and duties a person has in that nation.
The Government, therefore, is not seeking to cease immediately the use of hotels for the housing of asylum seekers, despite a Labour manifesto commitment to ending this policy.
A Government plan to X-ray child asylum seekers to check their age could put them at risk of harm from radiation and cause distress, advisers have warned.
The department, which had to make an initial decision on more than 92,000 asylum claims made before June 2022, described ending the legacy asylum backlog as a “pivotal step in the Government’s ...
An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country, and makes in that other country a formal application for the right of asylum according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 14. [3] A person keeps the status of asylum seeker until the right of asylum application has concluded.
The government said all asylum cases are still considered on their individual merits, and that anyone who wishes to challenge a decision that their claim is unfounded can launch a judicial review.