Refugee law in South Africa
By: edited by Fatima Khan, director, UCT Refugee Rights Unit, and Tal Schreier, senior researcher, UCT Refugee Rights Unit
Publisher: Juta
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781485101239
Subjects: Refugees; Legal status, laws; Emigration and immigration law; Right of Asylum; Asylums; Law and legislation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Analysing the refugee definition in South African law. The principle of non-refoulement ; 'Outside the country of nationality' : a territorial limitation ; Well-founded fear ; Persecution ; Section 3(b) of the Refugees Act : the OAU Convention's definition of 'refugee' ; Exclusion from refugee status ; Cessation of refugee status; title: pt. 2. Application for asylum in South Africa. Application for asylum : reception ; Refugee status determination ; Reviews and appeals; title: pt. 3. Rights of refugees in South Africa. The civil and political rights of refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa ; The socio-economic rights of refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa; title: pt. 4. Reconciling the immigration and refugee law of South Africa. Reconciling the immigration and refugee law of South Africa.