Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa

by Handmaker, Jeff; Hunt, Lee Ann De La; Klaaren, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9781845451097
• ISBN10: 1845451090
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-05
• Publisher: Berghahn Books

Summary

Divided into three parts, this edited collection documents the development and implementation of refugee policy in South Africa. It also addresses issues on detention, gender, children and health and welfare policy for refugees. The articles contained in the collection, written by academics and practitioners on refugee protection, represent the tangible shifts and concerns of a process aimed at establishing policies, legislation and practice concerning refugees.

Author Biography

Jeff Handmaker is a lecturer in development, human rights and governance at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague and sessional lecturer in refugee law at the School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand.

Lee Anne de la Hunt is a senior government legal advisor and associate professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Jonathan Klaaren is Professor of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Development of Refugee Policy in South Africa
International and National Responses to the Challenges of Mass Forced Displacement	p. 11
Regional Integration, Protection and Migration Policy Challenges in Southern Africa	p. 27
Talking a New Talk : A Legislative History of the Refugees Act 130 of 1998	p. 47
Refugee Status Determination Procedures in South African Law	p. 61
The Implementation of Refugee Policy in South Africa
Due Process in Asylum Determination in South Africa from a Practitioner's Perspective: Difficulties Encountered in the Interpretation, Application and Administration of the Refugees Act	p. 89
Starting with a Clean Slate? Efforts to Deal with Asylum Application Backlogs in South Africa	p. 117
Solucao Duravel? Implementing a Durable Solution for Angolan Refugees in South Africa	p. 136
Special Issues on Refugee Policy in South Africa
Detaining Asylum-seekers: Perspectives on Proposed Reception Centres for Asylum-seekers in South Africa	p. 167
Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Using the Existing Policy Framework to Strengthen Protection for Refugee Children	p. 186
Protecting the Invisible: The Status of Women Refugees in Southern Africa	p. 214
Realising Rights: The Development of Health and Welfare Policies for Asylum-seekers and Refugees in South Africa	p. 242
Conclusion	p. 278
Refugees Act 130 of 1998	p. 291
Regulations to the South African Refugees Act, Government Notice Department of Home Affairs No. R 366, 6 April 2000	p. 304
Bibliography	p. 317
Notes on Contributors	p. 329
Index	p. 331
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