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Home Affairs withdraws asylum directive as Schreiber defends reversal

Mail & Guardian · 09 October 2026 at 11:00

Home Affairs withdraws asylum directive as Schreiber defends reversal

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has defended the withdrawal of an asylum application directive after refugee centres were overwhelmed and violent anti-immigrant protests erupted in Soweto and Durban.

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