Asylum seekers and special permit holders may now apply for the Covid-19 Social Relief Distress Grant of R350 a month.
People living in SA on asylum seeker visas that have expired during the lockdown are excluded from the majority of governmental financial relief packages, including government food parcels. File pictureAsylum seekers and special permit holders may now apply for the Covid-19 social relief distress grant of R350 a month.
This is the outcome of litigation initiated by the Scalabrini Centre against the minister of social development. In the Pretoria high court, judge Selby Baqwa said people who hold asylum seeker and special permit status in South Africa, and whose documents were valid at the start of the national state of disaster, may apply for the grant. Applicants will need to provide their documents.eligibility criteria: they cannot be receiving an income, any other form of grant, or any economic relief from the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
“The coronavirus knows no borders, and does not stop to ask for one’s nationality status. Citizens and foreign nationals in South Africa have been seriously impacted,” the centre said. “In our papers we argued that that it was irrational and unreasonable to exclude such persons from being able to apply for the grant solely on the basis of their nationality or immigration status.”
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