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The protesters at the Department of Home Affairs Refugee Reception Center in Durban will not stop all asylum-application processing on 7 October 2026.

“They were going to stop all processes that were happening here. But that will not happen.”

Talisha Naidu · SAfm · Update at Noon · 07 Oct 2026

The verdict· graded 07 Oct

On 7 October 2026, reports said an anti-migrant group had shut down the Durban Refugee Reception Centre the day before, bringing asylum applications to a standstill.

That means protesters did stop all asylum-application processing, which is the opposite of the claim. The 7 October SABC report shows demands to halt processing, and the Kurrently report says the centre was already shut down and applications were at a standstill.

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