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Safeguarding sexual minorities in South Africa : Asylum Seeker Management System leading to immigration detention
Dissertation (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/99093 Safeguarding sexual minorities in South Africa : Asylum Seeker Management System leading to immigration detention Banda, Landilani zehcele63@gmail.com Teferra, Zelalem Cele, Zekhethelo UCTD Asylum seekers Refugee immigration detention South Africa Sexual minorities Refoulement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Law theses SDG-10 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Law theses SDG-16 Dissertation (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2024. This study examines the adjudication of sexual minority asylum claims in South Africa, exploring how challenges plaguing the adjudication process often leads to rejection of refugee claims based on sexual orientation. It provides an overview of the administrative and structural barriers that sexual minority asylum seekers face and makes recommendations to overcome these challenges with a view of ensuring that sexual and gender minority asylum seekers are not returned to countries where they are at risk of persecution. The study highlights key agents of persecution, and the institutional and legislative gaps in South Africa that render the asylum-seeking process for sexual minorities particularly challenging. Drawing on intersectionality theory and existing scholarship, the research demonstrates that while sexual minorities are not inherently vulnerable, the fear of persecution and the specific risks they face in seeking asylum make them particularly susceptible to harm. The study concludes that these challenges make immigration detention and deportation a likely outcome, requiring the need for reforms to better protect sexual and gender minority asylum seekers. Furthermore, the research demonstrates that because of these challenges, immigration detention and deportation have become a foregone conclusion. Key Words: Sexual minorities, Asylum seeker adjudication process, B-1590, Refugee Reception, Refugee Status Determination, South Africa. Centre for Human Rights LLD (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) Unrestricted Faculty of Laws 2024-11-15T06:12:25Z 2024-11-15T06:12:25Z 2024-12-10 2024-10-23 Dissertation * D2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/99093 https://figshare.com/s/b9d0fef7624db076b8bc en © 2023 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 Asylum seekers Refugee immigration detention South Africa Sexual minorities Refoulement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Law theses SDG-10 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Law theses SDG-16 Safeguarding sexual minorities in South Africa : Asylum Seeker Management System leading to immigration detention |
| title | Safeguarding sexual minorities in South Africa : Asylum Seeker Management System leading to immigration detention |
| title_full | Safeguarding sexual minorities in South Africa : Asylum Seeker Management System leading to immigration detention |
| title_fullStr | Safeguarding sexual minorities in South Africa : Asylum Seeker Management System leading to immigration detention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Safeguarding sexual minorities in South Africa : Asylum Seeker Management System leading to immigration detention |
| title_short | Safeguarding sexual minorities in South Africa : Asylum Seeker Management System leading to immigration detention |
| title_sort | safeguarding sexual minorities in south africa asylum seeker management system leading to immigration detention |
| topic | UCTD Asylum seekers Refugee immigration detention South Africa Sexual minorities Refoulement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Law theses SDG-10 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Law theses SDG-16 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/99093 https://figshare.com/s/b9d0fef7624db076b8bc |