According to the UCT Refugee Rights Clinic Facebook page, all new asylum and refugee matters will be heard at the Epping offices:
This comes after more than ten years of court battles since the Department of Home Affairs closed its Cape Town refugee office.According to the UCT Refugee Rights Clinic, all new asylum and refugee matters will be heard at the Epping offices. “If anyone has any matters that still need to be dealt with before the 20th, you may still be required to attend their old office at Foreshore where the remaining Home Affairs staff will assist you,” the clinic advises.
A notice issued by Home Affairs states: “The department has moved most of the officials and equipment to the new office site effective from 1 March 2023. Skeleton staff will remain in the office for two weeks, ending on 17 March 2023. Thereafter, the department will leave a notice that advises the clients on the new office location. The skeleton staff at Customs House will mainly assist in redirecting clients and attending to minor service requests.
“At this stage only clients with appointments/appointment letters will be received at the new site. No client will be assisted without prior arrangements until further notice. Clients which were issued with an appointment letter to report to the old address on a future date are requested to all report to the new premises. Any in-person visit will be as per appointment.”
Home Affairs also said that those wanting extensions of asylum documents and refugee status should apply online.between refugee advocacy organisations and Home Affairs dates back to 2012 when the department closed its Cape Town Refugee Reception Office. The closure meant that refugees could only apply for asylum in Durban, Musina and Pretoria.
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