The deadline for making the application is 30th June 2021. Credit: ITV Channel TV
European Union nationals living in Jersey are being reminded to apply for settled status.
Of the 20,000 estimated European nationals living in Jersey, around 16,000 people have so far registered for settled status. This is a requirement post-Brexit.
The Home Affairs Minister did stress in the States Assembly, that the figure of 20,000 had been very much an estimate. The number of new applications had now reduced to a trickle . He suggested the real figure is somewhat lower than the original estimate.
Constable Len Norman said it is also unknown how many people have left the island since the original estimate was made. The deadline for making the application is 30th June 2021.
5 highlights from Aaron Motsoaledi’s briefing on refugees in Cape Town 20 April 2021 - 13:20 At the height of the protests, police and refugees clashed in the Cape Town city centre where the refugees had camped outside the UN High Commission for Refugees office before occupying the Central Methodist Church. File photo. Image: Esa Alexander/Sunday Times
Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Monday said temporary shelters which housed foreign nationals last year were established under the Disaster Management Act and were aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19 at the height of lockdown.
The minister was addressing the media about the decision to deport 41 foreign nationals who demanded to be resettled in other countries. They had occupied the Central Methodist Church in the Cape Town CBD in April last year, but some ended up on the streets due to infighting.
Bellville refugees reject both reintegration and repatriation as campsite closes
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Refugee leader Hafiz Mohammed says the refugees housed at Paint City in Bellville do not accept the final offer made by the Home Affairs Dept.
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Monday announced that government can either repatriate refugees or reintegrate them into local communities.
The minister has reiterated that moving them to a third country is not an option.
Refugees and asylum-seekers have been living at two temporary shelters located at Paint City in Bellville and Wingfield Military Base in Kensington since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Andrewsâ shift in emphasis may be exactly what the Home Affairs behemoth needs
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When Karen Andrews was deciding on her next career move just over a decade ago, those closest to her did not expect what was coming next.
Andrews first became an engineer before going on to run her own industrial relations business in Melbourne and the Gold Coast. When her husband Chris decided to study a Doctor of Business Administration, Andrews focused on raising their three children.
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says she is not a career politician.
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