a) The total number of active Section 22 permit holders (temporary asylum seeker permits) is 186 210 as at 30 June 2019.
b) The countries are as follows:
Country |
Total |
Afghanistan |
16 |
Algeria |
212 |
Angola |
19 |
Australia |
1 |
Bahamas |
18 |
Bahrain |
7 |
Bangladesh |
27768 |
Barbados |
2 |
Belarus |
1 |
Benin |
46 |
Botswana |
4 |
Burkina Faso |
44 |
Burundi |
6874 |
Cambodia |
1 |
Cameroon |
1926 |
Central African Republic |
7 |
Chad |
5 |
China |
95 |
Colombia |
2 |
Comoros |
21 |
Congo |
8485 |
Denmark |
2 |
Djibouti |
1 |
DRC |
35716 |
East Timor |
7 |
Ecuadorian |
1 |
Egypt |
231 |
Eritrea |
1026 |
Estonia |
8 |
Ethiopia |
50436 |
Gabon |
15 |
Gambia |
8 |
Germany |
1 |
Ghana |
1963 |
Guinea |
54 |
Guinea Bissau |
10 |
Haiti |
1 |
Hungary |
3 |
Ice Land |
1 |
India |
4348 |
Iran |
3 |
Iraq |
6 |
Ireland |
1 |
Ivory Coast |
180 |
Jamaica |
2 |
Jordan |
6 |
Kenya |
1052 |
Kyrgyzstan |
1 |
Lebanon |
3 |
Lesotho |
44 |
Liberia |
74 |
Libya |
3 |
Malawi |
2060 |
Malaysia |
2 |
Mali |
128 |
Mauritania |
3 |
Mauritius |
2 |
Morocco |
5 |
Mozambique |
535 |
Myanmar (Burma) |
1 |
Namibia |
3 |
Nepal |
93 |
Netherlands |
1 |
Niger |
772 |
Nigeria |
6475 |
Niue |
1 |
Pakistan |
9409 |
Palestine |
14 |
Russia |
1 |
Rwanda |
1047 |
Senegal |
882 |
Serbia |
1 |
Sierra Leone |
18 |
Slovenia |
1 |
Solomon Islands |
2 |
Somalia |
4339 |
Sri Lanka |
16 |
Sudan |
63 |
Suriname |
1 |
Swaziland |
20 |
Syria |
19 |
Tanzania |
598 |
Thailand |
24 |
Togo |
30 |
Tunisia |
1 |
Turkey |
56 |
Tuvalu |
1 |
Uganda |
4429 |
Ukraine |
3 |
Uruguay |
1 |
USA |
1 |
USA (Commonwealth) |
1 |
Venezuela |
2 |
Wallis and Futuna |
1 |
Yemen |
17 |
Zambia |
250 |
Zimbabwe |
14120 |
Total |
186210 |
c) Below is the breakdown per province based on the office where clients extend their permits:
Refuge Reception Office |
Province |
Total |
Desmond Tutu |
Gauteng |
109069 |
Cape Town |
Western Cape |
30219 |
Durban |
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
30504 |
Musina |
Limpopo |
11830 |
Port Elizabeth |
Eastern Cape |
4588 |
Total |
186210 |
d) Clients for the Standing Committee for Refugee Affairs (SCRA) renew their permits on average every 3 months and clients for the Refugees Appeal Board (RAB) renew their permits on average every 6 months.
e) 60% of Section 22 permits have been active for more than 5 years based on the 2019-midyear statistics.
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