Home Affairs Director-General withdraws asylum directive

Home Affairs Director-General withdraws asylum directive Vuyelwa Fri, 10/09/2026 - 08:28 09 Oct 2026 The Director-General of the Department of Home Affairs has withdrawn the directive that had been issued by his office on 28 September regarding the intake of asylum seeker applications following the judgement of the Constitutional Court on 7 July in the Scalabrini of Cape Town matter. The directive was originally issued to all Refugee Reception Offices (RROs) as a purely operational attempt to support the implementation of the Court’s order without reference to, or the knowledge of, the Minister of Home Affairs or any other political office-bearer. Claims that it was a politically-motivated decision are therefore categorically untrue, as the directive emanated from a Constitutional Court case that the Department had opposed. However, the attempt to practically implement the judgement immediately led to serious consequences that could not have been foreseen in the Court order. This includes, amongst others, the fact that RRO operations were overwhelmed within a matter of days since the directive was issued, Home Affairs officials were placed at risk, and that serious threats to publi

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