Home Affairs wants PE reception office decision reconsidered

The Department of Home Affairs has pleaded with the Constitutional Court to reconsider a decision to dismiss its appeal regarding an office for refugees.

The appeal relates to the decision to close down the Refugee Reception Office in Port Elizabeth.

The Constitutional Court's refusal to hear the appeal means the Department has three months within which to re-open the office. This was the order of the Supreme Court of Appeal which also has implications for the Cape Town office which had also been closed down.