Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town welcomes ConCourt judgement declaring parts of Refugees Act as unconstitutional and invalid

The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town has welcomed the Constitutional Court judgement which declared that the January 2020 amendments to the Refugees Act, infringes the constitutional rights of asylum seekers. The unanimous decision was delivered by Justice Steven Majiedt. Delivering judgment, Justice Majiedt says the new provisions to the ACT also infringed on the rights of the children of Asylum seekers...