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Interpreting services among the French-speaking asylum seekers at the Pretoria Home Affairs Refugee Centre and its aftermath
Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/70629 Interpreting services among the French-speaking asylum seekers at the Pretoria Home Affairs Refugee Centre and its aftermath Wolf, Renate u12258271@tuks.co.za Lukusa, John Katompa UCTD Humanities theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2018. This research was encouraged by the growing trend of migration that not only South Africa is facing but the world in general. French-speaking asylum seekers who require interpretation services constitute the subject of interest in this study. The high number of rejected asylum applications raised the question whether the quality of the interpreting service could be among the contributing factors, since a correct understanding of the applicant’s statement is crucial to enable the official at the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to make a decision. This research has demonstrated that the role of the interpreter(s) at the DHA in the asylum-seeking process, which includes registration, interviews, and refugee status determination, is pivotal and can influence the outcome. This study argues that the lack of training among the interpreters who provide services at the DHA and failure to implement the interpreter’s Code of Ethics have failed many asylum seekers. The rights of asylum seekers would often be violated due to poor communication and interaction between the asylum seeker and the DHA official. This research led to the conclusion that many of the interpreters who provide a service at the Pretoria Refugee Reception Office do not carry out their functions in a professional manner, hence many asylum applications are unsatisfactory. mz2026 African Languages MA Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education 2019-07-08T09:47:04Z 2019-07-08T09:47:04Z 19/04/12 2018 Mini Dissertation Lukusa, JK 2018, Interpreting services among the French-speaking asylum seekers at the Pretoria Home Affairs Refugee Centre and its aftermath, MA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70629> A2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70629 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Humanities theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Interpreting services among the French-speaking asylum seekers at the Pretoria Home Affairs Refugee Centre and its aftermath |
| title | Interpreting services among the French-speaking asylum seekers at the Pretoria Home Affairs Refugee Centre and its aftermath |
| title_full | Interpreting services among the French-speaking asylum seekers at the Pretoria Home Affairs Refugee Centre and its aftermath |
| title_fullStr | Interpreting services among the French-speaking asylum seekers at the Pretoria Home Affairs Refugee Centre and its aftermath |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interpreting services among the French-speaking asylum seekers at the Pretoria Home Affairs Refugee Centre and its aftermath |
| title_short | Interpreting services among the French-speaking asylum seekers at the Pretoria Home Affairs Refugee Centre and its aftermath |
| title_sort | interpreting services among the french speaking asylum seekers at the pretoria home affairs refugee centre and its aftermath |
| topic | UCTD Humanities theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70629 |