Refugee recognition regime country profile: South Africa

Caroline Nalule

doi:10.48462/opus4-5010

Refugee recognition regime country profile: South Africa

Caroline Nalule

Research Centre for Peace and Security

University of Oxford

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This report examines South Africa’s refugee recognition regime which is typified by an individualised refugee status determination (RSD) system that sets it quite apart from other major refugee-hosting countries in Africa, whose major mode of refugee recognition is group-based. The report focuses on a twenty-year period (1998-2018) highlighting the various areas of contestation within the refugee
protection space and South Africa’s adherence to its obligations, under both domestic and international law. Although extensive work has been carried out regarding the quality of RSD process in South Africa, gaps are still evident with respect to the refugee recognition institutions and their relational dynamics and how this impacts the refugee recognition regime and refugee protection generally. The report is based on desk research and original fieldwork in South Africa among various elites working in the refugee protection area as well as refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa drawn from three nationalities: Somalis, Ethiopians and Congolese from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Original language	English
Publisher	Hertie School
Number of pages	53
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.48462/opus4-5010
Publication status	Published - 3 Aug 2023

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Name	RefMig Working Papers Series
Publisher	REF MIG Project

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Migration (In)Equality and Belonging

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