South Africa: Refugees Amendment Act 11 of 2017

To amend the Refugees Act, 1998, so as to amend and insert certain definitions;
to include further provisions relating to disqualification from refugee status;
to provide for integrity measures to combat fraud and corruption among staff
members at Refugee Reception Offices, the Standing Committee and the Refugee
Appeals Authority; to omit provisions referring to the Status Determination
Committee; to substitute certain provisions relating to the Refugee Appeals
Authority; to provide for the re-establishment of the Standing Committee for
Refugee Affairs and to confer additional powers on the Standing Committee; to
confer additional powers on the Director-General; to clarify the procedure relating
to conditions attached to asylum seeker visas and abandonment of applications; to
revise provisions relating to the review of asylum applications; to provide for the
withdrawal of refugee status in respect of categories of refugees; to provide for
additional offences and penalties; to provide for transitional provisions; and to
provide for matters connected therewith.