CoRMSA joined a number of picketers at Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Centre in Pretoria today, to stand up against the illegal arrest of asylum seekers. These include Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX), South African Refugee Led Network, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) and Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town. These events aim to protest unjust detention…
Standing in solidarity against the illegal arrest of asylum seekers, the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CORMSA), Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX), South African Refugee Led Network, supported by Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) in partnership with the Scalabrini Centre, will carry out a series of coordinated pickets across South Africa on the…
In our recent interview with The New Humanitarian news, CoRMSA raised concerns over the delayed processes of asylum permits, the backlog and the growing number of rejections. According to the Immigration Act, asylum seekers are supposed to be issued with temporary permits, which gives them the right to live and work in the country, but…
CoRMSA participated and supported one of its founding member organisation Messina Legal Advice Office in Mussina, Limpopo Province, on their Project Outcome Harvesting, to collect evidence of change and assess how the project contributed to the change, on the 4th of April 2024. The support was offered in collaboration with CoRMSA’s other member organisations such…
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