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[allAfrica] The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has withdrawn a directive on the intake of asylum applications following violent anti-immigration protests in Durban and Soweto, as the government seeks to find a way to implement a Constitutional Court ruling without further escalating tensions.
Home Affairs has withdrawn its asylum seeker directive after refugee reception offices were overwhelmed within days, exposing officials to safety risks and raising serious public order concerns.
Home Affairs has withdrawn its asylum seeker directive after refugee reception offices were overwhelmed within days, exposing officials to safety risks and raising serious public order concerns.
The department said the attempt to practically implement the judgment immediately 'led to serious consequences that could not have been foreseen in the Court order'.
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 .
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has condemned disinformation about the Constitutional Court's 7 July 2026 judgment in the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town matter, which concerns the processing of asylum applications.
A strong police presence was deployed to the Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre on Che Guevara Road in Durban on Wednesday where hundreds of foreign nationals were queuing to apply for asylum.
The Home Affairs Department has rejected claims that a Constitutional Court judgment grants asylum seekers citizenship or blanket legal status to foreign nationals.
AI-generated images were created to criticise Home Affairs' Constitutional Court-mandated directive on asylum seeker and refugee applications.
