This page offers details and visual representations concerning the asylum process in South Africa.
Articles
Stitching Dreams: Hamdi’s Path To Entrepreneurship In South Africa
Over the last 30 years, hundreds of thousands of people have fled Somalia due to political instability and a dangerous civil war that broke out in the 1990s. A young Hamdi was one of these people. She was forced to flee her home and came to South Africa before she was able to finish school. Although she had to leave many things behind – including her family – her dreams remained with her…
Detention and Deportation
The Immigration Act regulates how non-South Africans enter, depart from, and live in South Africa. Anyone who violates the Immigration Act can be arrested, detained and deported. The detention and deportation process is subject to several legal protections that safeguard the constitutional rights of foreign nationals who are in detention or are facing deportation…
