Government convenes urgent meeting on ConCourt asylum ruling amid disinformation
The government has called for calm following a Constitutional Court judgment that strengthened procedural protections for asylum seekers, amid false claims that the ruling grants foreign nationals automatic legal status or South African citizenship.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration has convened an urgent meeting to discuss the implications of a recent Constitutional Court ruling on asylum seekers and the Refugees Act. The Committee, led by Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi, aims to address the matter with relevant departments, legal experts, and stakeholders to ensure a lawful and sustainable way forward.
The Constitutional Court upheld a previous ruling in July, declaring parts of the Refugees Act unconstitutional, which strengthened procedural protections for asylum seekers and clarified that administrative requirements cannot automatically prevent individuals from accessing the asylum system.
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