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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
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 [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 ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: deliberations
25 Oct 2016
A State Law Advisor provided a legal opinion on the Border Management Authority Bill (BMA Bill) which had been requested following questions from a Member at the previous meeting. The concerns had to do with the functions of the Border Management Authority and whether this was necessarily depriving the SA ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: discussion on way forward
18 Oct 2016
Due to the letter the Committee received from the Minister of Finance advising it not to deliberate on the South African Revenue Services (SARS) related matters, the Committee resolved to refer the Border Management Authority Bill to the concerned departments for further engagement.
The Committee noted that the letter required ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill: deliberations; Government Printing Works & Electoral Commission 2015/16 Annual Reports
12 Oct 2016
The Electoral Commission briefed the Committee on the 2015/16 Annual Reports. Strategic outcome-oriented goals included to strengthen governance, institutional excellence and professionalism, to enable business processes at all levels of the organisation; to achieve pre-eminence in the area of managing elections and referenda, including strengthening of a cooperative relationship with ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: Department response to submissions & deliberations
14 Sep 2016
The Committee Researcher and Legal Adviser from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) took Members through the various submissions that had been presented at the public hearings on the Border Management Authority (BMA) Bill. The submissions had been grouped under broad headings related to the clauses of the Bill. General ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: public hearings, with Minister in attendance
13 Sep 2016
The Minister of Home Affairs briefed the Committee on the outstanding concerns surrounding the Border Management Authority Bill which had been raised at a previous meeting. He described the three underlying principles on which the Cabinet had based the functioning of the BMA. These were that the BMA should be ...