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Rejected asylum seekers can’t reapply for legal protection: Kubayi

Rejected asylum seekers can’t reapply for legal protection: Kubayi

By GhanaSummary NewsroomSouth Africa

” Until that question is resolved, a specific and new claim that removal would expose such a person to persecution or serious harm should be referred for legal advice before removal.

She says, “The position of a person whose asylum claim has been finally rejected is different, he or she has no right under the act to make a subsequent application and does not reactivate the protection of section 2 by declaring an intention again.

Addressing the media in Pretoria, she says, anyone raising a genuine new risk of persecution or serious harm must be referred for legal advice before removal.

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