How can any government serious about jobs let in so many asylum seekers.
Once they get their paperwork, they qualify for grants, they use the clinics, they send their children to government schools.
All paid for by the abused South African taxpayer.
This is a disaster waiting to happen. No other country does this in Africa or anywhere else in the world - as far as I know. But if they do please school me on where it’s worked out well?
So you’re telling me South Africa is willing to document people who entered the country illegally, while those same countries wouldn’t document South Africans who entered their countries illegally? Make it make sense.💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔😒😒😒
South African taxpayers, we are officially exhausted. Today, 800+ newcomers are gathered outside the Durban Refugee Reception Office (RRO) on Che Guevara Road. Let's do some quick math, the exact same buses used to "clear" this area are right back where they started.
Minister Leon Schreiber @Leon_Schreib, while you are busy treating your X timeline like a Silicon Valley tech demo boasting about Digital IDs and "Quantum Leaps", the physical immigration reality on the ground is stuck in a costly, infinite loop. 🎪
Now they are here and have used creative ways to return back to South Africa with porous borders and weak immigration policies!!
Moving a crowd away from a municipal pavement, only for 800 people to return by sunrise, isn't high-tech border management, it's an expensive, state-funded city tour. We are paying the bill for administrative illusions, while the porous border crisis worsens!
Minister Schreiber, it's time to step away from your digital dashboard, look out the window, and realise a real-world immigration crisis cannot be solved by simply refreshing the page. We want actual system processing, secure borders, and accountability for our tax money. 🇿🇦 #SecureSABorders #BanFakeAsylumSeekers #BanFakeRefugess
The government knows there are people who falsely claim to be refugees or asylum seekers & have been abusing the system for years.
It is unfortunate they don’t want to address this issue.
In whose interests is South Africa governed ?
My favourite thing is how everyone in the comments knows xenophobia doesn’t exist because they’re all planning to come here or are here living comfortably 🤍
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Home Affairs To Accept Asylum Applications From People Who Entered South Africa Illegally
The Department of Home Affairs will no longer turn away people seeking asylum simply because they entered South Africa illegally or do not have the required immigration documents.
Deputy Director-General Thulani Mavuso told 702’s Clement Manyathela today, Monday that refugee reception offices must accept applications from anyone who presents themselves and asks to apply for asylum.
The move follows a Constitutional Court judgment delivered in July, which declared several provisions of the Refugees Act unconstitutional. The court found that procedural immigration violations could not be used to prevent asylum seekers from having their claims assessed on their merits.
A department instruction issued on 28 September reportedly directs reception offices to accept applications from unlawful entrants, late applicants and people without asylum transit visas.
Mavuso warned that the change could put further pressure on the department, with people already in South Africa unlawfully potentially joining queues to seek asylum.
The Constitutional Court ruling was based partly on the principle of non-refoulement, which prevents South Africa from returning people to places where they could face persecution or serious harm.
Home Affairs said after the judgment that it would comply with the court's decision while maintaining a lawful and well-managed immigration system.
I just interviewed the DDG at home affairs on #TheCMShow about the much talked about Asylum applications at refugee reception centres. He confirmed that the department will NO LONGER turn someone away at the door simply because they entered the country illegally. He admits that this is going to overwhelm the department because some illegal immigrants may take advantage and go queue and claim to be asylum seekers. This will cause an administration burden.