January 25, 2022 2:31 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
January 2022UNHCR and Republic of South Africa High-Level DialogueAssistant High Commissioner (Protection) and Minister of Home Affairs Extracts: OVERVIEW OF THE AGENDA : CURRENT AND FUTURE COLLABORATION1. Asylum system development: legislative reform and protection impact2. Asylum system development: social assistance3. […]
January 24, 2022 7:21 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Extract: Fellow Liberians; Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen: I stand before you today in fulfilment of a duty in accordance with Article 58 of the Constitution of Liberia, which mandates that the President of Liberia, on the fourth working Monday in […]
January 24, 2022 2:39 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Christine Hobden Xenophobia is back on the table: the Economic Freedom Fighters programme to check the ratio of South African to foreign employees at restaurants has prompted a heated public discourse. Where exactly is the line drawn between democratic […]
January 21, 2022 2:23 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Having no nationality of any country, this group is often left out of essential services By: Mkhululi Chimoio Clad in a torn and tattered orange overall, 25-year-old Brandon Ndlovu cuts a lone figure at Benoni, in Johannesburg, one of South […]
January 21, 2022 11:23 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Citizenship (Passport Fees) Regulations, 2022 WHEREAS the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage has introduced new technology on the issuance of electronically readable passports; AND WHEREAS there is a backlog on applications for machine readable passports that needs to […]
January 20, 2022 5:32 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Kenyans whose fingerprints were captured in the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) database have sigh of relief after the government removed the thumbprints and issued them with national identity cards. Victims who spoke to KNA said that it […]
January 18, 2022 6:42 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Haki na Sheria Initiative welcomes the government’s plan to issue national identity cards to 14,000 victims of double registration in Garissa on the 19th January 2022. Download: Haki na Sheria Press Release 18Jan2022
January 17, 2022 7:38 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
INTRODUCTION Jo Shaw, University of Edinburgh This introduction briefly presents our symposium on the recently published monograph by Robtel Neajai Pailey entitled Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa: The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia (Cambridge University Press, […]
January 17, 2022 3:45 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
SABC Cutting Edge – 20 minute feature on children excluded from school for lack of birth registration (including those with South African parents). Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjD7g_D41L0
January 13, 2022 12:13 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Il a été interrogé par Top Fm sur les procédures concernant un bébé né sur le sol mauricien ou alors dans un avion ou sur un bateau. Mario Ayelou explique que le principe de droit du sol n’existe pas à […]
January 12, 2022 6:23 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Abudul Mahajubu, Researcher, Makerere University It’s been well over a century since the Nubian people arrived in Uganda from what was then Sudan, as the armed enforcers of the British colonial government. Over time, the new arrivals assimilated individuals […]
January 12, 2022 4:16 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Nigerian Government has deactivated biometric identification of human rights activist and former Presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore. The documents deactivated include the activist’s national identity card, permanent voter card, international passport and driver license. As a result of this, Sowore […]
