50. Daniel Mhlanga, infra, interview #51 (15/04/98), Appendix A.



51. Witness Ncube, infra, interview #27 (14/04/98), Appendix A.



52. Zwane Elias, infra, interview #45 (15/04/98), Appendix A.



53. In these nine individual cases, we took action with respect to the Home Affairs officials at Lindela.



54. As noted in our previous section on methodology, our sample group was under representative of Mozambicans. While refugees may come from any country in the world, the general country conditions in Mozambique at the time this report was authored were such that the number of refugees coming from Mozambique could be considered, at most, to be statistically insignificant. Thus, the proportional skewing of country of origin representivity as between our sample group and the overall Lindela population may have resulted in a statistical over representation of refugees.



55. Passport Control Instruction No. 63 of 1994, Procedures for Handling Asylum-Seekers and Refugees, "When an alien applies for asylum on the grounds that he is a refugee or, if it becomes apparent during the investigation into his residence status that he may be a refugee the following steps must be taken ...[emphasis added]."



56. Elias Tanunyenge , infra, interview #70 (24/4/98), Appendix A.



57. Ibid.



58. Maria Angellica, infra, interview #86 (08/05/98), Appendix A.



59. Reaffirming the UNHCR Executive Committee conclusion [Conclusion No. 6 (1977)] of "the fundamental importance of the principle of non-refoulement ... irrespective of whether or not individuals have been formally recognized as refugees" Guy Goodwin-Gill states: "the principle of non-refoulement ... applies clearly and categorically to refuges ... it also applies to asylum-seekers...." See G Goodwin-Gill The Refugee in International Law 2 ed (1996) 137.