ATC171123: Report of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on the Refugees Amendment Bill [B12B - 2016] (National Assembly – Section 75), dated 23 November 2017

Home Affairs

Report of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on the Refugees Amendment Bill [B12B - 2016] (National Assembly – Section 75), dated 23 November 2017:
 

The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, having considered the subject of the Refugees Amendment Bill [B12B - 2016] (National Assembly – section 75) and the proposed amendments of the Select Committee on Social Services (see Announcements, Tabling and Committee Reports, 13 September 2017, p 46), referred to it, reports the Bill with amendments [B12C – 2016].

 

The amendments are as follows:

 

CLAUSE 4

1.         On page 4, in line 44, to omit “(1)”.

 

CLAUSE 15

 

1.         On page 9, after line 4, to omit subsection (1) and to substitute with the following subsection:

 

“(1)(a) Upon reporting to the Refugee Reception Office within five days of entry into the Republic, an asylum seeker must be assisted by an officer designated to receive asylum seekers.

(b) An application for asylum must be made in person in accordance with the prescribed procedures [, within five days of entry into the Republic,] to a Refugee Status Determination Officer at any Refugee Reception Office or at any other place designated by the Director-General by notice in the Gazette.’’.

 

CLAUSE 17

 

1.         On page 10, in line 7, after “asylum”, to omit “have” and substitute with “has”.

 

CLAUSE 18

 

1.         On page 10, in line 38, after “time”, to insert “prior to the expiry of an asylum seeker visa”.

 

2.         On page 10, in line 38, after “withdraw”, to omit “an asylum seeker” and substitute with

“such”.

3.         On page 10, in line 47, after “dependants,”, to insert “either”.

 

4.         On page 10, in line 47, after “with”, to insert “or without”.

 

CLAUSE 21

 

1.         On page 12, from line 36, to omit “Refugee Status Determination Officer at the”.

 

CLAUSE 32

 

1.         On page 15, in line 4, after “of”, to insert “words or”.

 

2.         On page 15, in line 5, before “phrase”, to insert “word or”.

 

3.         On page 15, in line 9, to omit “phrase” and substitute with “word”.

 

 

Report to be considered.