Asylum-Seeker and Refugee Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cristiano d’Orsi, is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria.

Introduction Part 1: The peregrination of a persecuted human being, first stage: seeking asylum in Sub-Saharan Africa 1. Fleeing persecution and the risk of unjust rejection, return or expulsion: non- refoulement in Sub-Saharan Africa 2. Individual admission in the host country, "a peaceful and humanitarian act": a pivotal concept of asylum as it is viewed in Sub-Saharan Africa 3. Groups of individuals on the run: examining the Sub-Saharan African phenomena of mass-influx and burden sharing 4. Refugee camps in Sub-Saharan Africa: perpetuating the plight of refugees? Restrictions on free settlement and movement. 5. Alleviating the plight of refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role and mandate of the UNHCR. 6. Managing the subversive activities of refugees and their ban: responding to abuses of refugee status. 7. Misusing the help received and its consequences: national governments and the expulsion of refugees Part 2: The peregrination of a persecuted human being, second stage: durable solutions for refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa 8. Voluntary, spontaneous, forced repatriations: refugees and their way back home 9. Local integration and resettlement in a third country Conclusion