UNHCR donates R147m to fast-track refugee appeals process
Clearing the backlog of more than 153,000 applications is expected to take four years
08 March 2021 - 15:11
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has provided R147m towards a four-year project to wipe out the backlog of more than 153,000 appeal applications against decisions by refugee officials.
This bottleneck has accumulated over many years dating back to the 2008 financial crisis and made worse during the Covid-19 pandemic as the Refugee Appeal Authority was not able to function at full capacity...
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