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Home Affairs’ proposed withdrawal from international agreements on refugee protection have been flagged as a ‘significant setback’.
Survivors of the fire in August at 80 Albert Street in Johannesburg were on Wednesday evicted from the Hofland Park Recreational Centre, where many had been given shelter by the City of Johannesburg. Most were sent to the Lindela Repatriation Centre, with Home Affairs claiming they were undocumented migrants.
South Africa should withdraw from the United Nations refugee protection regimen — and re-enter with exceptions on refugee rights. That’s because courts have established jurisprudence ‘unfavourable’ to state interests and because of a lack of resources, according to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Sunday.
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