Asylum

Nigeria grants asylum to Guinea-Bissau opposition leader

Abuja – Nigeria has granted asylum to Guinea-Bissau opposition leader Fernando Dias da Costa, who ran against ousted president... Read more

2 Dec, 2025

Parliament recently heard submissions on the One-Stop Border Post Bill. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks By Jan Bornman South Africa’s... Read more

12 Jun, 2025

Supporters of the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town chanted “Ubuntu knows no borders” during a picket outside the Western... Read more

18 May, 2025

The Scalabrini Centre in Cape Town and other immigration rights activists welcomed a High Court ruling on Friday prohibiting... Read more

18 Sep, 2024

The Constitutional Court has struck down provisions in the Refugees Act which dictate that asylum seekers who have not... Read more

13 Dec, 2023

Sydney – A Malaysian former bodyguard convicted in the 2006 murder of a Mongolian translator has been released after... Read more

13 Nov, 2023

Kigali – Britain’s controversial deal to send migrants and asylum-seekers to Rwanda has attracted a flood of criticism in... Read more

22 Apr, 2022

London – The Church of England’s most senior cleric, Justin Welby, on Sunday criticised the British government’s plans to send... Read more

18 Apr, 2022