Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa / / ed. by Jeff Handmaker, Lee Anne de la Hunt, Jonathan Klaaren.

• MitwirkendeR: Belvedere, Florencia,; Garderen, Jacob van,; Goodwin-Gill, Guy S.,; Handmaker, Jeff,; Hunt, Lee Anne de la,; Jenkins, Frankie,; Kerfoot, William,; Klaaren, Jonathan,; Landau, Loren B.,; Mayer, Victoria,; Moffett, Helen,; Ndessomin, Dosso,; Pigou, Piers,; Sprigman, Chris,; Valji, Nahla,
• HerausgeberIn: Handmaker, Jeff,; Hunt, Lee Anne de la,; Klaaren, Jonathan,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Human Rights in Context ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (346 p.)

Divided into three thematic parts to guide the reader, this important volume documents the development and implementation of refugee policy in South Africa over a 10-year period from 1996 until 2006. In doing so, it addresses issues of detention, gender, children and health as well as welfare policies for refugees. The contributions, all written by academics and practitioners of refugee protection, vividly illustrate the tangible shifts and concerns of a process that is not only aimed at establishing policies and legislation but also practices concerning refugees.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I THE DEVELOPMENT OF REFUGEE POLICY IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 1 INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL RESPONSES TO THE CHALLENGES OF MASS FORCED DISPLACEMENT -- 2 REGIONAL INTEGRATION, PROTECTION AND MIGRATION POLICY CHALLENGES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA -- 3 TALKING A NEW TALK: A LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE REFUGEES ACT 130 OF 1998 -- 4 REFUGEE STATUS DETERMINATION PROCEDURES IN SOUTH AFRICAN LAW -- PART II THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REFUGEE POLICY IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 5 DUE PROCESS IN ASYLUM DETERMINATION IN SOUTH AFRICA FROM A PRACTITIONER’S PERSPECTIVE: DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN THE INTERPRETATION, APPLICATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE REFUGEES ACT -- 6 STARTING WITH A CLEAN SLATE? EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH ASYLUM APPLICATION BACKLOGS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 7 SOLUCÃO DURÁVEL? IMPLEMENTING A DURABLE SOLUTION FOR ANGOLAN REFUGEES IN SOUTH AFRICA -- PART III SPECIAL ISSUES ON REFUGEE POLICY IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 8 DETAINING ASYLUM-SEEKERS: PERSPECTIVES ON PROPOSED RECEPTION CENTRES FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 9 PROTECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE: USING THE EXISTING POLICY FRAMEWORK TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTION FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN -- 10 PROTECTING THE INVISIBLE: THE STATUS OF WOMEN REFUGEES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA -- 11 REALISING RIGHTS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE POLICIES FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN SOUTH AFRICA -- CONCLUSION -- Appendices -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX