# Government plans to ask the Constitutional Court for more time to implement its ruling that removed procedural barriers to asylum applications. The court declared sections of the Refugees Act, which allowed for immigration officials to deport an asylum seeker if they are in the country without a transit visa, unconstitutional. Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration chairperson minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says government may also ask for a suspension period to give Home Affairs time to build the capacity needed to comply:
Government to seek ConCourt guidance on asylum ruling [SOUND]
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