Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998)

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Standing Committee for Refugee Affairs (SCRA) Rules, 2018

11. Interviews before SCRA

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1.	The SCRA may when it is in the process of fulfilling its functions in terms of the Act, request certain person to appear before it for interviews that seek to assist SCRA in arriving at a fair and a just decision.

2.	The person referred to under sub-rule 1 may be an applicant(s), dependent(s), RSDO, or any other person who can provide the required information.

3.	The persons required to provide information may be informed by SCRA in writing of the date and venue for the interview.

4.	The circumstances under which SCRA may consider an interview to be necessary may differ and will be determined from case to case.

5.	Generally, the following are some of the considerations that may lead to interviews:

i.	Applications in which there are material disputes of facts;

ii.	Applications wherein there are poorly written decisions delaying finality;

iii.	Applications in which no adequate interview was conducted;

iv.	Applications wherein the decision is based on evidence that was never put to the applicant;

v.	Applications characterized by material inconsistencies;

vi.	Applications that lack sufficient and relevant information required for decision making.

6.	All SCRA interviews will be recorded for the purpose of evidence and will be under oath.

7.	The SCRA may postpone any interview before it on reasonable grounds and for just reasons as it may deem fit, and the next date of the interview will be communicated to the applicant, orally or in writing.