Anti-Immigration Protests Follow Constitutional Court Asylum Ruling

Anti-illegal immigration groups in Durban, South Africa, have vowed to continue disrupting operations at the Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre, following a Constitutional Court ruling on asylum applications. These groups reportedly chased away approximately 1,000 foreign nationals seeking asylum and other immigration services, using sticks and sjamboks. This action is a direct response to a Home Affairs directive that allows all foreign nationals to apply for asylum, regardless of their prior legal status, a directive itself prompted by an unnamed Constitutional Court ruling that found previous restrictions on such applications unconstitutional.