Tag: immigration
Schreiber launches Anti-Corruption Forum to combat border and immigration fraud
The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Leon Schreiber, has unveiled a plan to root out corruption within South Africa’s border management and immigration systems.
Speaking...
SA taxpayers fork out R2 670 plus per person to deport...
Questions posed by parliamentarians in both the National Assembly (NA) and National Council of Provinces (NCOP) brought to light the cost of deporting illegal...
Trafficking probe launched in Nigeria
Nigeria's immigration service launched an investigation after two staff members were arrested on suspicion of trying to traffic girls out of the...
In setback for Trump, U.S. judges reject travel ban
President Donald Trump suffered a legal blow on Thursday when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate his executive order temporarily banning...
Trump travel ban unlawful, could lead to torture of refugees
U.N. human rights experts said on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority states contravenes international law...
Trump bars door to refugees, visitors from seven nations
President Donald Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria...
Home Affairs mulls asylum offices at border posts
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says the department is considering establishing asylum offices at South Africa's ports of entry, in an effort...
South Africa to review visa rules that hit tourism
South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday ministers would review new visa rules that have hit tourism and stoked tensions within...
Armed patriots’: the private citizens out to secure the U.S. border
With binoculars in hand, an assault rifle slung over his chest and a Glock pistol on his hip, a man named Will...
Undeterred by perils, migrants flee hardship in Eritrea
Ten years ago, Eritrean migrant Habtu hunkered down on the vomit-stained deck of a creaking trawler on the Mediterranean Sea, making the...
ISS: Lampedusa and the plight of African boat migrants
The African Union (AU) Summit on 21 October declared 3 November a day of mourning across the continent. The day was to...
Hundreds of migrants rescued in sea off Italy
Italian navy and coast guard vessels rescued more than 700 migrants in waters between Sicily and North Africa overnight as an immigration...
More wealthy people considering leaving UK – survey
Rioting in England over the summer has contributed to an increase in the number of wealthy people considering leaving Britain, a Lloyds...
Cameron says to tighten up immigration rules
Britain plans to tighten up rules on admitting relatives of migrants, cracking down on abuses used to gain entry to the country...
Australia says to halt offshore immigration centre plans
Australia will be forced to suspend plans for off-shore processing of asylum seekers after a court ruled a refugee swap deal with...
Migration law under review
Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma says there is a need to transform the migration laws of South Africa. Speaking at the...
Glut of real fake SA passports: paper
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) says an unusually large number of dubious South African passports are turning up at the Beit...
