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Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill; Border Management Authority Bill: adoption, with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2017
Amendment Bill. Prior to deliberation, the Department of Home Affairs noted that there were minor amendments to clauses 2, 3, 13, 14, 18 and 27. Amendments were made in accordance with the inputs from the Committee and Principal State Law Advisor. A new clause on transitional provisions was inserted. All ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill; Border Management Authority Bill: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
28 Feb 2017
In the presence of the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, the Home Affairs Chief Director of Legal Services briefed the Committee on the proposed amendments to the Refugees Amendment Bill in accordance with Members inputs and suggestions. Under clause 3, the term “in any way” was substituted by “in the ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill: Department responses to submissions, with Deputy Minister
21 Feb 2017
Relevant Document
Refugees Act 130 of 1998
Refugees Amendment Act 12 of 2011
Refugees Amendment Act 33 of 2008
The Department of Home Affairs briefed the Committee on its responses to the submissions received on the Bill.The brief presented a summary of 19 submissions made from over a total of ...
Home Affairs
International Migration Policy Green/White Paper; Refugees Amendment Bill submissions summary
14 Feb 2017
Relevant Document
Refugees Act 130 of 1998
Green Paper on International Migration, 2016
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) gave an update on the progress made by it towards the development of a new White Paper on International Migration and to seek input from the Committee on the content of ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs Quarter 2 & 3 performance; National Treasury on funding pressure in DHA
31 Jan 2017
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on quarter two and three performance reports.
The Department had a total of 36 targets planned for quarter 2 of 2016/17 financial year. 28 targets were achieved representing a 78% achievement rate, and 8 (22%) targets were not achieved.
The Department ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill [B12-2016]: public hearings
24 Jan 2017
Refugees Act 130 of 1998
Refugees Amendment Act 12 of 2011
Green Paper on International Migration, June 2016
The Committee heard submissions from the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFRC), Amnesty International South Africa (AISA), Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), Rwandan Refugee Community Association (RRCA) and Consortium for Refugees and Migrants ...
Home Affairs
Congolese Community of South Africa submission; Border Management Amendment Bill: consideration; 2017 Programme
29 Nov 2016
The Committee considered amendments to the Border Management Authority (BMA) Bill. It had gone through all the amendments that had been proposed in previous meetings, and these had to be adopted and incorporated into the bill prior to considering it clause by clause. Amendments that had been made would affect ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill [B12-2016]: public hearings
15 Nov 2016
Legal entities and non-governmental organisations with an interest in the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees in South Africa made representations to the Committee as part of the public hearings on the Refugees Amendment Bill.
An immigration lawyer who provides legal advice on immigration and refugee law in South Africa, presented ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill: deliberations; Constitutional Court ruling on search and seizure without a warrant
8 Nov 2016
The Chairperson noted that the letter sent to the National Treasury for compensation of employees was responded to and the response was immediately sent to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to consider and it was expecting the DHA to brief the Committee on that response. He noted that there ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: deliberations; Department Home Affairs Annual Report: reasons for delay
1 Nov 2016
Border Management Authority Bill A- version
In his opening remarks, the Chairperson reminded Members that the progress on the Border Management Authority (BMA) Bill was effectively on hold, as it was dependent on the outcome of meetings to be held between the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Finance and ...