White Paper ‘overestimates the role played by the Refugee Convention’ – Helen Suzman Foundation’s Fakir
The think-tank noted the title – Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a Complete Overhaul of the Migration System in South Africa – suggested a significant overhaul of the migration legal framework but provided little direction to potential commentators regarding the specific legislative changes.This after Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s media briefing on Wednesday on new policy, which would completely overhaul the migration system.
The foundation’s acting director, Naseema Fakir, said to exit the Refugee Convention and its Protocol, SA would have to denounce them in terms of Articles 44 and 9, respectively, by notifying the UN’s secretary-general. Fakir said this was a necessary implication of parliament’s role set out in Section 231 of the constitution in ratifying treaties in the first place.