Asylum Seekers | IMC turns to ConCourt & High Court for guidance amid outrage & violent protests

in the whole world,its only SA gov that is hellbend concerns and making sue that all foreigners(illegal n legal) are prioritized and warmly treated than its <a href="http://citizens.in/">citizens.in</a> the whole world its only SA where citizens come last after foreigners..its only here in SA where foreigners can kill people as much/many as the can with impunity

As a starting point, the majority of South Africans—which is the Black population—do not really relate to or understand the South African Constitution. To most people, this is an abstract document. If you went to any township and asked anyone you encounter on the street if they have heard of the Constitution and whether they know what it is all about, the answer would be a big &quot;NO&quot;—whether it is in Soweto, Thembisa, Thokoza, Alexandra, Khayelitsha, Nyanga, Ilanga, Umlazi, Galeshiwe, KaNyamazane, KwaGuqa, Mdantsane, Kwanobuhle, Maokeng, and all the informal settlements where black people live. What does this mean? It means the very document that is supposed to regulate their lives is unknown to most of them. That is a huge problem.
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<br>Secondly, the Constitutional Court, which was established by the Constitution, is an enigma to most people. It is an irony that a group of judges sits at the ConCourt, deliberates, and comes up with rulings based on a Constitution that people cannot relate to; this is also another problem. The South African Constitution, in reality, is for the elite, most of whom are completely out of touch with the reality in the townships.
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<br>On the recent immigration issue, the ConCourt declared sections of the Refugees Act unconstitutional, ruling that migrants cannot be automatically barred from applying for asylum due to procedural violations—such as entering through an unofficial border post, lacking a transit visa, or missing the five-day deadline to report to an immigration office. The court found these administrative blocks violated the constitutional right to dignity and the international principle of non-refoulement, which protects individuals from being sent back to countries where they face persecution.
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<br>What sections of the Refugees Act are these? <b>Section 4(1)(f) - Travel Documents; Section 4(1)(h) - Unofficial Border Entry; Section 4(1)(i) - Five-Day Reporting Deadline; and Section 21(1B) - Lack of Asylum Transit Visa.</b>
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<br>These sections are meant to regulate the handling of asylum seekers. The ConCourt said they are invalid, meaning that any person who wants to enter South Africa and does not comply with any of these sections can no longer be summarily barred, and their asylum application must be entertained. These sections are not unreasonable. And this is the sentiment of most people who live in the townships. The ConCourt effectively says that those people must be accommodated and listened to regardless of whether they comply with any of the above sections. This is where it then becomes problematic. The people who are affected the most by the presence of these &quot;asylum seekers&quot; are the people who live in townships.
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<br>The explosive cocktail we have here is a combination of a number of things: a population that is not familiar with the country’s Constitution, nor recognizes the significance and relevance of the ConCourt in their lives. The real danger is that the Constitution and the ConCourt will become (if they have not already) irrelevant and will lack legitimacy in the lives of the majority population —and that is a source of concern.

We’ve been patient for many years, government should be rushing to usher in the White paper which will sort out some of the illegal immigration hurdles instead of creating more chaos. Those that are illegal in the country should be deported full stop. Abahambe! Why so many Pakistanis, Ethiopians Bangladeshis?