S ca judgment 29.9.17

In Sep­tem­ber 2017 the Supreme Court of Appeal declared a deci­sion taken by the Depart­ment of Home Affairs (DHA) to close the Cape Town Refugee Recep­tion Office (CTRRO) unlaw­ful and irrational.The Depart­ment of Home Affairs has been given until March 2018 to reopen and main­tain a fully func­tional refugee office in Cape Town. The Court has also requested peri­odic updates from the DHA as to progress being made.Read less