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  "id": 13084155,
  "title": "Home Affairs withdraws asylum directive as Schreiber defends reversal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/home-affairs-withdraws-asylum-directive-as-schreiber-defends-reversal-13084155",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-10-09T09:03:03.000Z",
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  "summary": "Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has defended withdrawing a directive enforcing a Constitutional Court asylum ruling, citing safety concerns and overwhelmed reception centres following violent protests.",
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        "title": "Home Affairs withdraws directive on asylum seeker applications",
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        "outlet": "AllAfrica",
        "title": "South Africa: Home Affairs Withdraws Asylum Directive After Violent Anti-Immigration Protests",
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        "title": "CMRL pay-off case: Kerala HC directive no setback to govt, will act after studying order, says Home Minister Chennithala",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/cmrl-pay-off-case-kerala-hc-directive-no-setback-to-govt-will-act",
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        "title": "Home Affairs withdraws asylum directive as Schreiber defends reversal",
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        "published": "2026-10-09T09:00:47.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "ANTI-FOREIGNER UNREST: Home Affairs scraps asylum seeker directive after violence in Durban and Soweto",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/anti-foreigner-unrest-home-affairs-scraps-asylum-seeker-directive",
        "published": "2026-10-09T10:36:11.000Z"
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