# South Africa suspends asylum applications after recent unrest

https://mins.news/en/video/117296

- France 24 English, 2026-10-27 11:37 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RhZc-Bb6eo

> Anti-migrant protests have heightened tensions in South Africa, leaving many people who were seeking to regularize their paperwork and status in limbo. Calls to crack down on foreigners, especially undocumented migrants, have at times escalated into murder. The government suspended asylum applications in response to the unrest.

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