White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a complete overhaul of the migration system in South Africa

The Department of Home Affais has published the final White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a complete overhaul of the migration system in South Africa. "The outcome of the engagements and public comments is that the policy positions adopted in the White Paper enjoy wide support. Only a handful public interest groups are opposed to selected policy positions such as, withdrawal from the 1951 Refugee Convention, the 1967 Protocol and re-acceding with reservations, proposed repeal of section 4 (3) of the South African Citizenship Act and the first safe country principle."