Director-General, Department of Home Affairs and Others v Irankunda and Another

Date: 12/05/2026


Intro paragraph:

Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town represented by Lawyers for Human Rights, participated in these proceedings as amicus curiae in a matter concerning whether an asylum seeker whose application has been finally rejected under the Refugees Act may later lodge a subsequent asylum application based on materially changed circumstances that make it unsafe for them to return home, including the emergence of a refugee sur place claim (a claim based on circumstance that only arise once you have left your country and are in a host country). 

 

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