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Judges split on Concourt asylum ruling

After two conflicting high court judgments a full bench of the Gauteng high court will now determine how to interpret the apex court July ruling

In the “aftershock” of March and March’s Abahambe campaign, two judges have handed down conflicting judgments, with different interpretations of a July Constitutional Court ruling. Archive photo: Ihsaan Haffejee

In July, the Constitutional Court ruled that asylum seekers may not be deported until they have accessed the asylum system.
Following the judgment, a Gauteng High Court judge declined to release asylum seekers detained at Lindela, ordering Home Affairs to process them there instead. But another judge ruled that a detained asylum seeker must be released.
A full bench of the Gauteng High Court will now determine how judges should approach asylum seeker cases.

A Constitutional Court ruling from July that asylum seekers may not be deported before accessing the asylum…

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