PFSA slams ConCourt over asylum seeker ruling
The Constitutional Court has ruled that South Africa's asylum system must reopen to new applicants.
The Progressive Forces of South Africa (PFSA) has voiced its objections to the Constitutional Court's recent ruling on asylum seekers. The Court has ordered the reopening of South Africa's asylum system to accept new applicants. As a result, Home Affairs will now allow applications from all individuals, including those who entered the country without proper documentation.
Bonang Sepoloane, PFSA's National Organiser, argues that the ruling lacks constitutional legitimacy and is likely to disproportionately impact communities. She states, "There's nothing constitutional about that; if you read the directive, it says people should be given the Section 22 visa, which is refugee status, whether they are illegal or not illegal, whether they've been here yesterday or they came 10 years or 20 years ago."
Sepoloane further explains, "That is basically saying we are now documenting people that are currently illegal in our country, whereas the country’s been battling with illegal immigration. Automatically, those people will be entitled to work; they’ll be entitled to run small businesses, which South Africans are saying we want our local businesses back in our own hands."
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