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A new way to unjam the country's logjammed courts, the Backlog Project, has helped a bit - but ran into its own shortages, of staff, communications, targets and direction, even of police cells.

Not even fill the 87000 irs agents with u.s. citizens, they were looking to hire foreign contractors was to address the backlog project returns that have not been processed, going back to 2000 and i think of these were folks that are going to go out an audit everyday working-class americans on the middle class and lower class folks that are struggling to get by and that to me, his the most #think that this administration couldve done and that is saying something of the long list that exist out t...

Backlog Project provides hope for Cape Town refugees, asylum seekers The UNHCR made available R147-million to South Africa to establish the Backlog Project.(David Harrison/M&G) Several deserted tents, a few smouldering fires and a trampled field are a far cry from the constant traffic flow on Voortrekker Road in Cape Town that runs parallel with the Wingfield military base, which scores of refugees and asylum seekers called home for the past year.  For some, their protest journey might have co...

Work to revamp the asylum system begins in South Africa Format Over 153,000 asylum seekers who have been waiting many years for a decision on their applications for asylum will have their cases heard and decided, thanks to a new agreement signed today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the Department of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa. The USD 9.6 million agreement (USD 2.6M from Department of Home Affairs and USD 7M from UNHCR) sets in motion a project to eliminate delays and the...

Getty Images The Backlog Project was launched to deal with the more than 153 000 backlog of asylum seekers in South Africa.  It will now take four years instead of the originally estimated more than 60 years.  Of the 266 694 refugees and asylum-seekers in South Africa, two-thirds of them do not have access to the full rights and privileges of refugee status. South Africa has been praised for including refugees and asylum seekers in its Covid-19 vaccine plans. “The mantra that we’re only s...

Asylum Backlog Project aims to eliminate SA backlog by 2024 Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by The Department of Home Affairs, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Refugee Age...