Cape Town Refugee Reception Office: Our Response to Home Affairs’ Media Briefing
The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town (SCCT) and Somali Association of South Africa (SASA) remain deeply concerned regarding the misleading nature of yesterday’s media statement issued by the Department of Home Affairs regarding the opening of a fully functional Refugee Reception Office in Cape Town. Read our press release here.
Resource: What is a Refugee?
View our helpful infographics explaining more about what it means to be migrant or a refugee and the differences between the two.
Press Release | Home Affairs fails to abide by Supreme Court of Appeal Order
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.
EAP launches free job placement service
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.
The Cape Town Refugee Reception Office closure case, explained
Here we explain the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office closure case and its implications.
Need Shelter? You’ll need a document
Maxie studies social work and is completing an internship with the Welfare Programme at Scalabrini. Here she reflects on her work at the centre.
Cape Town’s Refugees and Migrants Launch their New Book “In My Shoes”
A group of Cape Town’s migrants and refugees have launched their heartwarming collection of tales in a new book, ‘In My Shoes’.
