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Group attempts to disrupt asylum applications at EC Home Affairs

In the Eastern Cape province, a group of people have gathered outside the Gqeberha Home Affairs refugee offices to try, and disrupt the hundreds of asylum seekers applying for permits following the Constitutional Court ruling that invalidated parts of the Refugees Act. This includes procedural requirements like showing good cause or holding a transit visa. The asylum seekers claim that they fled their countries due to internal conflicts and wars. Some South Africans expressed dissatisfaction…

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