The most recent decision from
South Africa
is
Mahamad Arwah Abdi Yusuf Ali Dhiblawe v Minister of Home Affairs and others, a decision rendered in
South Africa
by the
Appeal Court of South Africa
on
Feb 15, 2011, involving an applicant from
Somalia. A brief summary of the facts
of the case is:
A group of Somali asylum seekers sought protection from South Africa whilst being held at an inadmissible facility at the international airport in Johannesburg, pending their deportation from Namibia to Somalia via South Africa. The South African government denied responsibility for and jurisdiction over the asylum seekers, arguing that the courts cannot interfere with another sovereign state's deportation order.