Plan to Establish Asylum Reception Centres

The Department of Home Affairs says plans are underway to establish asylum reception centres on the country's borders amid complaints that those close to business areas are a nuisance and irritating.

The department’s director-general, Mkuseli Apleni, states that this would also ensure that fewer foreigners entered the country.

The department was recently ordered to relocate a reception centre in Crown Mines, Johannesburg, after the business community went to court claiming the large presence of refugees rendered conditions intolerable for business.

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