South Africa withdrew asylum processing order after violent clashes in Soweto and Durban saw cars torched and foreign-run stores looted.
The Constitutional Court has unanimously ruled that asylum seekers cannot be deported before their claims are properly assessed, declaring key sections of the Refugees Act unconstitutional.
More than 500 foreign nationals have fled their homes along the Overstrand, after groups of locals went door-to-door telling them to leave the country.
The South African government has expressed deep suspicion over the circumstances surrounding the arrival of Palestinian passengers on charter flights, with Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola warning that the operations appear…