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SA Migration Newsletter
28 / 2023 |
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International was created out of the need for a
specialist organization to assist people wishing to immigrate,
volunteer, work, bring family, study or open businesses in South
Africa.
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• Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi faces being held in contempt of court after failing to comply with a court order.
• In October, the court ordered Motsoaledi to decide on a foreign national`s declaration of non-prohibition.
• In 2023, Motsoaledi often found himself on the wrong side of court rulings and watched more than one deadline pass by without the required action from his side.
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi yet again failed to comply with a court order, and will be held in contempt if he misses a new deadline set by the court.
But it is not a ‘happy picture’ of seamless integration
The number of foreign nationals living in Portugal in 2022 was 800,000 ` double the figure of 10 years ago ` with one in three living at risk of poverty and half a million having been granted Portuguese nationality in the last 15 years, according to the statistical database of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation.
In a portrait of the “foreign population and migratory flows in Portugal” on the occasion of International Migration Day today, the database, dubbed Pordata, has sought to assess the number and living conditions of immigrants and developm
The Border Management Authority says it has recorded the highest number of people processed in a day this festive season at the Lebombo border post- going into Mozambique.
It says that its operations were in full swing to facilitate and manage the movement of people and goods across 72 ports of entry nationwide.
Commissioner of the Border Management Authority Dr Michael Masiapato, “At Lebombo border post into Mozambique, we actually logged the highest number of people that we had to administrate in a day and that was 28 000. So, all i
In a surprising move, the Nigerian government is urging other nations to permit Nigerian citizens with expired passports, who have overstayed their visits, to return home for the upcoming holidays. This unconventional request stems from the government`s recognition of the challenges many Nigerians abroad face, especially amid the ongoing global uncertainties.
An immigration law expert says that the number of visa applications blocked due to inefficiencies at Home Affairs is likely worse than the department lets on and added it has little intention of addressing the issue because of bureaucratic attitudes towards foreigners.
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi noted in a recent parliamentary Q&A that the backlog in temporary residency visas remained at over 74,309 unchanged from the department’s last report at the end of October 2023 adding that an additional backlog of 43,944 in permanent residency permits also remains. SA
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Table of Contents
1. About SA Migration
2. CEO Message �` SA Migration �` Happy New Year 2024 3. Motsoaledi faces being held in contempt after ignoring court order 4. Portugals foreign nationals double in decade 5. Lebombo border processes record number of people in a day 6. Nigeria president send a serious message to SA and other countries this morning. See what he said. 7. South Africa’s massive visa backlog is likely much, much worse
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