Precedent-setting court judgment on stateless child
Department of home affairs loses argument over citizenship of child born to Rwandan refugees
23 March 2025 - 19:35
In another defeat for the department of home affairs, Pretoria’s high court has ordered that a stateless child born to refugee parents from Rwanda be given SA citizenship.
The judgment sets a precedent for how courts can handle complex cases of children born to refugees with permanent resident permits...
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