MPs demand answers on South Africa’s growing refugee appeals backlog
Reviews on target, but appeals backlog balloons Standing Committee for Refugee Affairs (SCRA) chairperson Jane Mugwena told MPs that they had exceeded 90% of their review target, reaching 93.
Parliament’s home affairs committee heard that the refugee appeals backlog has grown to 161 000 cases despite a reported 12% reduction.
Briefing parliament’s portfolio committee on home affairs on Tuesday, Deputy Minister Njabulo Nzuza said asylum applications were being processed on time when they were first lodged.
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