South Africa: Home Affairs to appeal refugee ruling

Swamped by tens of thousands of asylum-seekers, the Department of Home Affairs has challenged a landmark high court ruling declaring its pre-screening of refugees in Gauteng since November 2005 to be unlawful. In an unprecedented move in the Johannesburg High Court on December 12, Judge Pierre Rabie appointed a curator ad litem to act on behalf of an entire class of asylum-seekers.