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The making of the South African (1998) refugees act Forced Migration Online (24276783) Migration, asylum and refugee law FORCED MIGRATION ONLINE IMMIGRATION LAW RECEIVING COUNTRY REFUGEE STATUS DETERMINATION PROCEDURES LEGISLATION The history of legislation governing immigration and refugees into South Africa can be seen as one which passed from being extremely racist and exclusionary, to one which gradually opened up in the aftermath of the advent of democracy towards a more liberal, rights-based policy. This paper describes the making of the 1998 refugees act and how, although the government genuinely tried to involve civil society in drafting the new legislation, later developments considerably weakened what might have been a very progressive law. 2026-09-30T11:50:58Z Text Online resource 10.25446/oxford.33357078.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/The_making_of_the_South_African_1998_refugees_act/33357078 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0