A foot in the door: Access to asylum in South Africa

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Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 41-52

  Vigneswaran, Darshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ASYLUM SEEKER; CORRUPTION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77955724627     PISSN: 02295113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25071/1920-7336.26030     Document Type: Article

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24. Ibid., s.21(2)(b).
25. Ibid., s. 8 (2, 3).
26. Refugees Act Regulations, s. 5.
27. Refugees Act, s. 21(5).
28. Refugees Act Regulations, s. 5.
29. Refugees Act, s. 21(5).
30. Ibid., s. 8 (2, 3).
31. Ibid., s. 24; Refugees Act Regulations s. 10
32. Refugees Act ss. 9-20, 25-6; Refugees Act Regulations, ss. 13-4.
33. Immigration Act, s. 23.
34. Refugees Act, s. 22; Refugees Act Regulations, s. 13.
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38. At some offices this involves setting an absolute maximum on the total number of cases. Other offices will set more quotas on the number of applicants per nationality or set aside specific days to receive applicants from various countries.
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48. n. 13 of 2002.
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51. Tafira v. Minister of Home Affairs [2002] JOL 12960,
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