South Africa: Concourt Asylum Ruling Does Not Automatically Grant Refugee Status

South Africa: Concourt Asylum Ruling Does Not Automatically Grant Refugee Status

[SAnews.gov.za] The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Migration has moved to quell widespread confusion and misinformation surrounding the Constitutional Court judgment on asylum applications, stressing that the ruling does not automatically grant refugee status or permanent residence to people entering South Africa.

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The chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the Constitutional Court’s asylum ruling has strained South Africa’s migration system, but denies it is stopping Home Affairs from helping South Africans. Kubayi was speaking during a media briefing in Pretoria as tensions between locals and anti-illegal immigration groups escalated, with the groups vowing […]

ConCourt asylum ruling does not automatically grant refugee status – IMC

The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Migration has moved to quell widespread