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South Africa suspends asylum applications after recent unrest

South Africa suspends asylum applications after recent unrest
France 24 Tuesday 27 October 2026, 11:37 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Video contentVideo South Africa suspends asylum applications after recent unrest Issued on: Share Tensions in South Africa over anti-migrant protests have left in limbo many who were counting on following the rules to sort out their paperwork and status in the country. Calls for a crackdown on foreigners, particularly undocumented migrants, have sometimes spiralled into murder. In response to the unrest, the government suspended the asylum application process.
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