Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA
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Applications
for status
as a
refugee and
permanent
residence
A refugee is defined
in the Refugee Act
as anyone who has
fled their country of
origin because of a
well-founded fear of
persecution, or anyone
who has been forced
to leave their country
of origin because of
external aggression or
armed conflict.
The application for
refugee status is called
an application for
asylum, which is made to
the DoHA. If successful,
the refugee will receive
an ‘Asylum seeker permit’
or a section 22 permit.
Once an applicant has a
section 22 permit, they
must attend a status
determination interview.
If the interview is
successful, the applicant
will be granted refugee
status and be issued with
a section 24 permit.
Targeted beneficiaries
Refugees and their
dependents
Rights of a lawful
registered refugee
to all the rights in
the South African
Constitution, except
those reserved
exclusively for
citizens.
means that a refugee
and his or her
dependents may not
vote in elections or
claim social assistance
such as the CSG.
are entitled to an
education, healthcare,
to apply for a FCG
and the social relief
of distress benefit.
Specified refugee
centres set up within
Home Affairs
After five years of
receiving a section 24
permit, the refugee may
apply to Home Affairs
for permanent residence
status.
Children of refugees
are entitled to certain
benefits, such as attending
school, provided they
are able to prove their
lawful presence in the
country, which is proved
by producing these and
related documents.
Notes:
(i) Births and Deaths Registration Act (51/1992), amended in Act 67/1997 and in Act 43/1998, as well as Regulations to the
Act, No. 4908
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