Home Affairs in hot water over long delays

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Home Affairs is in hot water with the South African Human Rights Commission over delays in granting asylum and permanent residence permits.

Customers are complaining of unacceptably long wait times for Home Affairs.

PRETORIA - Home Affairs has been criticised for the long wait for the turn around of asylum-seeking and permanent residency applications.Last week, Home Affairs appeared before the South African Human Rights Commission because they were subpoenaed.

He's urging the government to be sensitive to the plight of those seeking asylum or permanent residence.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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HomeAffairs officials & their Minister appear to be AboveTheLaw since, FOR YEARS, they have ignored court rulings & the rights of refugees & ForeignNationals, with impunity!

Is Noma Gigaba still in-charge for smartcards?

Shame on this guys they r so mad they need for everything money mayebe gov let them work in the bank they r so crazy about money

In other news the sky is blue

but I thought HomeAffairsSA has improved lately with speed ,I don't know what happened now

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