Product Description
Refugee Law in South Africa (2nd edition)
Authors: F Khan, T Schreier
Format: Physical Hardcopy
Refugee Law in South Africa cutlines the existing law relating to refugees as reflected in South African legislation and its growing body of refugee law jurisprudence as at 2022, while also paying heed to relevant international law, which remains central to today’s regime of international refugee protection and international jurisprudence.
The topics covered in Refugee Law in South Africa include a detailed analysis of the refugee definition in South African law, the process of applying for refugee status determination, and the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. The book examines how immigration law and refugee law in South Africa can be reconciled and concludes with durable solutions for refugees in South Africa..
Contents:
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PART 1
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Chapter 1 The evolution of refugee law in South Africa
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Chapter 2 The principle of non-refoulement
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Chapter 3 ‘Outside the country of nationality’: a territorial limitation
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Chapter 4 Well-founded fear
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Chapter 5 Persecution: acts, agents and grounds
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Chapter 6 The expanded refugee definition
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Chapter 7 Exclusion from refugee status
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PART 2
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Chapter 8 Cessation of refugee status in South Africa
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Chapter 9 Application for asylum: reception
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Chapter 10 Refugee status determination in South Africa
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PART 3
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Chapter 11 Refugee status determination: review and appeal
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Chapter 12 The civil and political rights of refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa
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PART 4
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Chapter 13 The socio-economic rights of refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa
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Chapter 14 The rights of the refugee child in South Africa
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Part I: Legal framework applicable to the refugee child
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Part II: Child asylum claims in terms of the Refugees Act 130 of 1998
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Part III: Alternative pathways to legal recognition of refugee children in South Africa
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Chapter 15 Detention and Deportation—Reconciling immigration and refugee law in South Africa
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Chapter 16 Durable solutions for refugees in South Africa
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Index
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