Question NW811 to the Minister of Home Affairs
27 May 2020 - NW811
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
(1) What number of temporary asylum-seeker permits (a) have been automatically renewed since the national state of disaster was declared and (b) have been active since 4 May 2020; (2) (a) what number of refugees are currently within the borders of the Republic and (b) from which country does each refugee originate? NW1014E
Reply:
1. a) None.
b) There are 118 842 asylum seekers with a permit expiry date after 4 May 2020.
2. a) As at 31 March 2020 there were 80 758 refugees with active section 24 certificates recorded on the National Immigration Information System (NIIS).
b)
|
Country |
Total |
|
Afghanistan |
8 |
|
Algeria |
4 |
|
Angola |
25 |
|
Bahamas |
1 |
|
Bangladesh |
206 |
|
Benin |
3 |
|
Bulgaria |
5 |
|
Burundi |
2737 |
|
Cambodia |
1 |
|
Cameroon |
341 |
|
Central African Republic |
9 |
|
Chad |
3 |
|
Comoros |
2 |
|
Congo |
4668 |
|
DRC |
24033 |
|
East Timor |
1 |
|
Egypt |
7 |
|
Eritrea |
1625 |
|
Estonia |
3 |
|
Ethiopia |
15853 |
|
Gabon |
1 |
|
Ghana |
7 |
|
Guinea Bissau |
1 |
|
India |
4 |
|
Iran |
1 |
|
Iraq |
15 |
|
Ivory Coast |
28 |
|
Jordan |
3 |
|
Kenya |
142 |
|
Lebanon |
1 |
|
Liberia |
48 |
|
Macau |
2 |
|
Malawi |
8 |
|
Mali |
5 |
|
Morocco |
4 |
|
Niger |
3 |
|
Nigeria |
11 |
|
Oman |
2 |
|
Pakistan |
11 |
|
Palestine |
40 |
|
Russia |
10 |
|
Rwanda |
1128 |
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1 |
|
Senegal |
3 |
|
Serbia |
1 |
|
Sierra Leone |
21 |
|
Solomon Islands |
7 |
|
Somalia |
24972 |
|
Sri Lanka |
11 |
|
Sudan |
99 |
|
Swaziland |
7 |
|
Sweden |
1 |
|
Syria |
42 |
|
Tanzania |
35 |
|
Togo |
12 |
|
Turkey |
5 |
|
Uganda |
468 |
|
Ukraine |
3 |
|
Yemen |
3 |
|
Zambia |
60 |
|
Zimbabwe |
3997 |
|
Grand Total |
80758 |
END