Namibia Refugees (Recognition and Control) Act
Year of publication
1999
Specific thematic area
Refugee
Sector of governance
Human Mobility
Type of human mobility
Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border
Type of environmental driver
None
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
None
Sub-region
Southern Africa
Region
Southern Africa
Macro-region
Africa
Relevant GCM objective
- 5 - Regular pathways
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available
“Section 3 Meaning of refugee [...] For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be a refugee if [...] (c) owing to external aggression, occupation, foreign domination or events seriously disturbing public order in either part or the whole of his or her country of origin or nationality, he or she is compelled to leave his or her place of habitual residence in order to seek refuge in another place outside his or her country of origin or nationality.
Sec. 3