The Refugee Rights Unit, based at the University of Cape Town Law faculty, unequivocally condemn the recent surge of xenophobic violence, intimidation, and vigilantism directed at foreign nationals across South Africa.

Lauren O’Connell, a final-year law student from Harvard Law School interned at UCT’s Refugee Rights Unit where she was able to learn from the Refugee Rights Unit staff.

The Refugee Rights Unit has produced a handbook for Refugee Law Practitioners. This comprehensive resource will serve as an essential guide for legal professionals.

Shazia Sader and Sky Kruger co-author a paper for the African Human Mobility Review.

Professor Fatima Khan travelled to Scotland for the Global Law School's League Winter Conference held at Edinburgh University in February 2025.

The University of Cape Town Refugee Rights Unit (RRU) was successful in its appeal application to the Supreme Court of Appeal regarding Sur Place refugee claims. After 5 long years, starting in the Western Cape High Court, Attorney Monique

UCT Law's Refugee Rights Unit (RRU), in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has drafted a standalone module for social workers in partnership with the University of Belgrade, and International Social Services (ISS).

Research conducted by the Law Society of South Africa and Lexus Nexus some six years ago demonstrated the difficulty law graduates face securing articles of clerkship.