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Refugees at risk of statelessness in Zambia

Published: 21/Nov/2022
Source: Centre for African Journalists (CAJ) News Africa (South Africa)

LUSAKA, (CAJ News) – ZAMBIAN authorities have been urged to consider all legal options possible to regularise the status of refugees, including children born there. Gillian Triggs, United Nations Refugee Agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, recommended that the government […]

Arusha Declaration, Africa Chapter of the IARMJ

Published: 18/Nov/2022
Source: International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges, Africa Chapter

Extract: RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY and ERADICATION OF STATELESSNESS ACKNOWLEDGING that statelessness can be a cause and a consequence of forced displacement, the latter particularly in protracted refugee situations; RECOGNIZING THAT the right to a nationality is a fundamental right […]

South Africa: Tebogo stateless as Home Affairs denies him his birthright

Published: 16/Nov/2022
Source: Scrolla.Africa (South Africa)

By Masoka Dube Tebogo Khoza from Thabazimbi in Limpopo lives a life of squalor as the Department of Home Affairs refuses to issue him with documentation even though he has proof that he was born in South Africa. Khoza, 25, […]

Namibia: Citizenship for Africans abroad mooted

Published: 16/Nov/2022
Source: New Era (Windhoek)

OMUTHIYA – Africans in the diaspora who want Namibian citizenship will be welcomed with open arms as the country is working on developing a policy that will grant them residence rights. This was revealed by Minister of International Relations and […]

South Africa: Home Affairs Dept “structurally xenophobic”, Parly told

Published: 15/Nov/2022
Source: Eyewitness News (South Africa)

The Lawyers for Human Rights briefed Parliament’s home affairs committee on statelessness and other challenges faced by migrants Babalo Ndenze CAPE TOWN – Lawyers for Human Rights said on Tuesday the Department of Home Affairs was “structurally xenophobic” because its […]

PAP: Report and Resolution on the Formulation of a Model Law on Statelessness

Published: 11/Nov/2022
Source: Pan African Parliament

Report of the Meeting of the Committee on Cooperation, International Relations and Conflict Resolution on a Proposed Model Law on Nationality and Statelessness Midrand, South-Africa November 2022 English: PAP Committee Report Model Law-EN French: PAP Commission rapport loi modele-FR Resolution […]

Significant number of Liberians without birth certificates

Published: 9/Nov/2022
Source: New Dawn (Monrovia)

By Lewis S. Teh The Government of Liberia through the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC) has alarmed that a significant number of Liberians are without birth certificates. At an official program in observance of the World Day Against […]