‘Don’t come and clog our system’, Ntshavheni warns foreign nationals seeking refuge
Chaired by Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, the IMC stressed that the ruling did not grant undocumented foreign nationals special rights, but guaranteed fair access to the asylum application process.
Clarity on asylum ruling The minister stressed government’s commitment to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and South Africans, while admitting there were “unintended consequences” of the Scalabrini ruling.
The Constitutional Court ruled in July that refugees and asylum seekers must be given the opportunity to access processing centres, regardless of whether they entered South Africa illegally.
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