Home Affairs rebukes 'disinformation campaign' over ConCourt asylum ruling
The South African Department of Home Affairs is refuting claims that it made a political decision to suspend 'good cause' interviews for asylum seekers. The department clarifies that the change is a direct result of a binding Constitutional Court ruling that invalidated parts of the Refugees Act.
Why it matters
This highlights the tension between judicial mandates and administrative policy in managing immigration and asylum processes.
Department of Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber. Picture: Supplied/@HomeAffairsSA on X
The Department of Home Affairs is pushing back against what it calls a coordinated disinformation campaign over a Constitutional Court judgment on the processing of asylum applications.
The department said false claims are circulating that Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber or the department decided to suspend so-called ‘good cause’ interviews for asylum seekers.
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