On the 15th of June UNITE in partnership with Africa Unite and YMCA Cape Town hosted a youth day event focused on xenophobic bullying. All day dances, skits, speeches and debates could be seen at the indoor sport centre in Gugulethu which was full of youth.
World Refugee Day, celebrated on 20 June, is the perfect time to reflect on the future for refugees in South Africa. Watch our new film, Sanctuary Lost, which explores the future plans of the South African government.
Angolan former refugees, who have been living in South Africa for decades, are being issued
Angolan Special Permits (ASP) by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) following years of
precarious legality in the country. Whilst we welcome and celebrate the issuance of ASPs, we share
the concerns of these former refugees around their futures – the ASPs expire in 2021 and are nonrenewable. Read our press release here.
The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town (SCCT) and Somali Association of South Africa (SASA) along with our legal representatives the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) have launched a new case against the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in regards to its non-compliance with orders of the court regarding the operations of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office (CTRRO).
The Scalabrini Advocacy Programme works with several cases of individuals who are at risk of statelessness. A stateless person is someone who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law. In other words, they have no nationality at all.
Scalabrini has published two posters that clarify the difference between a refugee and a migrant.
The posters also seek to raise awareness around the rights and responsibilities of migrants and refugees in South Africa.
The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town (SCCT) and the Somali Association of South Africa (SASA)
are disappointed that the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has failed to re-open the Cape
Town Refugee Reception Office (RRO), as ordered by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in
September 2017. Read our press release here.
The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town now offers a new and free platform to connect employers to skilled job seekers in Cape Town. In a job market where finding trustworthy, hardworking employees remains one of the greatest challenges for successful business owners, Scalabrini aims to fill this gap through its job placement service.
Here we explain the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office closure case and its implications.
Maxie studies social work and is completing an internship with the Welfare Programme at Scalabrini. Here she reflects on her work at the centre.
