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Protecting foreign children within South African borders: an evaluation into unaccompanied and undocumented foreign minors in South Africa
The main objective of the study is to investigate which policies are already in place pertaining to unaccompanied, separated and migrant children in South Africa. Children migrate to South Africa from neighbouring countries as Mozambique and Zimbabwe but also from countries as far away as the Democr...
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| author | Liedeman, Jamie-Lee |
| author2 | Chirwa, Danwood Mzikenge |
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| description | The main objective of the study is to investigate which policies are already in place pertaining to unaccompanied, separated and migrant children in South Africa. Children migrate to South Africa from neighbouring countries as Mozambique and Zimbabwe but also from countries as far away as the Democratic Republic of South Africa, without their parents or guardians. South Africa has developed legal and policy measures for securing the rights of children. Are these measures consistent with existing international frameworks and standards? Also, to what extent are these policies being used to resolve the problems unaccompanied children face? Related to this question is the issue of implementation. The thesis considers how the responsible departments and state officials such as Magistrates, social workers, police officials and the Department of Home Affairs implement these policies. This minor dissertation would then make some recommendations to the South African government. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/26953 Protecting foreign children within South African borders: an evaluation into unaccompanied and undocumented foreign minors in South Africa Liedeman, Jamie-Lee Chirwa, Danwood Mzikenge Human Rights Law The main objective of the study is to investigate which policies are already in place pertaining to unaccompanied, separated and migrant children in South Africa. Children migrate to South Africa from neighbouring countries as Mozambique and Zimbabwe but also from countries as far away as the Democratic Republic of South Africa, without their parents or guardians. South Africa has developed legal and policy measures for securing the rights of children. Are these measures consistent with existing international frameworks and standards? Also, to what extent are these policies being used to resolve the problems unaccompanied children face? Related to this question is the issue of implementation. The thesis considers how the responsible departments and state officials such as Magistrates, social workers, police officials and the Department of Home Affairs implement these policies. This minor dissertation would then make some recommendations to the South African government. 2018-01-25T06:42:33Z 2018-01-25T06:42:33Z 2017 Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26953 eng application/pdf Department of Public Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Human Rights Law Liedeman, Jamie-Lee Protecting foreign children within South African borders: an evaluation into unaccompanied and undocumented foreign minors in South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Protecting foreign children within South African borders: an evaluation into unaccompanied and undocumented foreign minors in South Africa |
| title_full | Protecting foreign children within South African borders: an evaluation into unaccompanied and undocumented foreign minors in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Protecting foreign children within South African borders: an evaluation into unaccompanied and undocumented foreign minors in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Protecting foreign children within South African borders: an evaluation into unaccompanied and undocumented foreign minors in South Africa |
| title_short | Protecting foreign children within South African borders: an evaluation into unaccompanied and undocumented foreign minors in South Africa |
| title_sort | protecting foreign children within south african borders an evaluation into unaccompanied and undocumented foreign minors in south africa |
| topic | Human Rights Law |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26953 |
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