{
  "id": 13047502,
  "title": "Home Affairs withdraws asylum directive, but Constitutional Court ruling remains in force",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/home-affairs-withdraws-asylum-directive-but-constitutional-court",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T06:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/home-affairs-withdraws-asylum-directive-but-constitutional-court-ruling-remains-in-force/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Department of Home Affairs has withdrawn its asylum directive following operational disruptions and security concerns at refugee reception offices. The department says it will develop a new approach to comply with the Constitutional Court ruling.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "Gibran gets heat after Constitutional Court ruling",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/gibran-gets-heat-after-constitutional-court-ruling",
        "published": "2026-10-08T23:24:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}