Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa

Acknowledgements vii Introduction 1 Jeff Handmaker, Lee Anne de la Hunt and Jonathan Klaaren Part I The Development of Refugee Policy in South Africa 1. International and National Responses to the Challenges of Mass Forced Displacement 11 Guy S. Goodwin-Gill 2. Regional Integration, Protection and Migration Policy Challenges in Southern Africa 27 Loren B. Landau 3. Talking a New Talk: A Legislative History of the Refugees Act 130 of 1998 47 Jonathan Klaaren, Jeff Handmaker and Lee Anne de la Hunt 4. Refugee Status Determination Procedures in South African Law 61 Jonathan Klaaren and Chris Sprigman 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 89 Lee Anne de la Hunt and William Kerfoot 6. Starting with a Clean Slate? Efforts to Deal with Asylum Application Backlogs in South Africa 117 Jeff Handmaker 7. Soluc Dur l? Implementing a Durable Solution for Angolan Refugees in South Africa 136 Jeff Handmaker and Dosso Ndessomin 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 167 Frankie Jenkins and Lee Anne de la Hunt 9. Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Using the Existing Policy Framework to Strengthen Protection for Refugee Children 186 Victoria Mayer, Jacob van Garderen, Jeff Handmaker and Lee Anne de la Hunt 10. Protecting the Invisible: The Status of Women Refugees in Southern Africa 214 Nahla Valji, Lee Anne de la Hunt and Helen Moffett 11. Realising Rights: The Development of Health and Welfare Policies for Asylum-seekers and Refugees in South Africa 242 Florencia Belvedere, Piers Pigou and Jeff Handmaker Conclusion 278 Jonathan Klaaren and Jeff Handmaker Appendices 1. Refugees Act 130 of 1998 291 2. Regulations to the South African Refugees Act, Government Notice Department of Home Affairs No. R 366, 6 April 2000 304 Bibliography 317 Notes on Contributors 329 Index 331