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  "title": "South Africa suspends asylum applications amid renewed anti-immigrant protests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/south-africa-suspends-asylum-applications-amid-renewed-anti-immigrant",
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  "published": "2026-10-13T15:15:49.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/south-africa-suspends-asylum-applications-amid-renewed-anti-immigrant-protests"
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  "summary": "Tensions have flared in South Africa after a court ruling prompted the government to open its application system to all foreign nationals, regardless of their legal status. Despite applications remaining subject to approval, anti-immigrant protests erupted outside several Home Affairs offices, forcing authorities to temporarily suspend refugee and asylum applications. FRANCE 24's Eunice Masson…",
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