Tensions at Durban Home Affairs as group blocks asylum seekers
The court ruled that applications should not be excluded on administrative grounds.
A group of individuals have assembled outside the Home Affairs refugee reception centre in Durban's Che Guevara Road, expressing their intention to obstruct illegal migrants from completing their asylum applications at the office. These protesters opposing illegal immigration have been camped outside the premises since Home Affairs permitted individuals to submit asylum applications in September, following a Constitutional Court ruling.
The court determined that applications should not be rejected based on administrative grounds, resulting in a surge of applicants. However, some groups vehemently opposed this decision, leading Home Affairs to temporarily suspend the process. An online registration system was set to become operational this week.
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