{"id":56424,"date":"2023-11-12T17:15:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T17:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration"},"modified":"2023-11-12T17:55:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T17:55:55","slug":"radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration","title":{"rendered":"Radical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Citizenship Act and Births and Deaths Registration Act must be repealed in their entirely and included in a single piece of legislation dealing with citizenship, immigration and refugee protection.<\/p>\n

<\/a>This is one of the proposals contained in the white paper on citizenship, immigration and refugee protection published in the government gazette on Friday. Briefing the media on Sunday, home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi said this proposal will remove contradictions and loopholes in the path to citizenship as is now the case with different pieces of legislation.<\/p>\n

The white paper states there are insufficient resources available to cater for people who might enter South Africa requiring citizenship to access benefits, rights and privileges that go with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the US, Canada, Switzerland and Britain \u2014 which are very highly developed countries with resources that far exceed resources in our country \u2014 they have developed strict immigration, citizenship and refugee laws to protect rights of their citizens.\u201dMotsoaledi said his department experienced difficulties in the implementation of the Citizenship Act, the Immigration Act and the Refugee Act.<\/p>\n

This was due to the fact that these laws were enacted during the transitional period after the country\u2019s first democratic election in 1994 and there was a lack of harmony among the legislation.<\/p>\n

While amendments were made to the laws, because of a lack of an overarching policy framework, there were still deficiencies.<\/p>\n

Motsoaledi said the white paper also proposed the government review or withdraw from the 1951 UN Refugees Convention, the 1967 protocol relating to the status of refugees and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa.<\/p>\n

The Refugees Act, passed in 1998, prohibits refusal of entry, expulsion or extradition of asylum seekers and refugees. He said the legislation was in line with the 1951 convention, the 1967 protocol and the 1969 OAU convention.South Africa acceded to these international instruments without the government having established a clear policy on migration, he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government did not make reservations and exceptions permitted in terms of international law. This was a serious mistake on the part of the government.\u201dMotsoaledi said many countries had expressed reservations in respect of both the 1951 convention and 1967 protocol.<\/p>\n

The new refugee protection and immigration legislation, he said, must provide for reservations and exceptions as contained in the 1951 convention and the 1969 OAU convention.<\/p>\n

\u201cParticularly in that South Africa does not have the resources to grant the socioeconomic rights envisaged in the 1951 convention.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. The Citizenship Act and Births and Deaths Registration Act must be repealed in their entirely and included in a single piece of legislation dealing with citizenship, immigration and refugee protection. This is one of the proposals contained in the white paper on citizenship, immigration and refugee protection published in the government gazette […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-56424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\nRadical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Citizenship Act and Births and Deaths Registration Act must be repealed in their entirely and included in a single p ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Radical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Citizenship Act and Births and Deaths Registration Act must be repealed in their entirely and included in a single p ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-12T17:15:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-12T17:55:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/11\/sm_1699798850.609364.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"477\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Radical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-12T17:15:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-12T17:55:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration\"},\"wordCount\":425,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/11\/sm_1699798850.609364.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration\",\"name\":\"Radical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/11\/sm_1699798850.609364.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-12T17:15:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-12T17:55:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Citizenship Act and Births and Deaths Registration Act must be repealed in their entirely and included in a single p ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/11\/sm_1699798850.609364.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/11\/sm_1699798850.609364.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":477,\"caption\":\"Radical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Radical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Radical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration - South Africa","description":"The Citizenship Act and Births and Deaths Registration Act must be repealed in their entirely and included in a single p ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Radical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration","og_description":"The Citizenship Act and Births and Deaths Registration Act must be repealed in their entirely and included in a single p ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-11-12T17:15:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-12T17:55:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":477,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/11\/sm_1699798850.609364.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Radical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration","datePublished":"2023-11-12T17:15:13+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-12T17:55:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration"},"wordCount":425,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/11\/sm_1699798850.609364.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Africa","South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration","name":"Radical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/11\/sm_1699798850.609364.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-12T17:15:13+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-12T17:55:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Citizenship Act and Births and Deaths Registration Act must be repealed in their entirely and included in a single p ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/11\/sm_1699798850.609364.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/11\/sm_1699798850.609364.jpg","width":700,"height":477,"caption":"Radical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/radical-changes-proposed-in-white-paper-on-citizenship-migration#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Radical changes proposed in white paper on citizenship, migration"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}