{"id":35073,"date":"2026-05-21T17:46:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=35073"},"modified":"2026-05-21T17:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:46:41","slug":"foreign-nationals-moved-to-refugee-centre-for-processing-in-sa-province","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/foreign-nationals-moved-to-refugee-centre-for-processing-in-sa-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Nationals moved to refugee centre for processing in SA province"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Scores of foreign nationals who had been camping outside the Diakonia Centre in Durban, South Africa (SA) , seeking refuge, have been moved to a refugee reception centre for processing and verification by Home Affairs officials.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The foreigners, including women and children, had spent several nights outside the centre after fleeing their homes amid fears of intimidation, alleged assaults, and anti-immigrant threats in parts of the city.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Addressing the media at the centre, Mayor Cyril Xaba says those found to have valid documentation will be reintegrated into communities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe have organised buses and, as you can see, the first group is already inside. They will be transported to the refugee centre in Moore Road, where they will be processed. They must be processed. But it is only the refugee centre that will actually determine who is in the country lawfully and who is in the country illegally. They will separate those groups so that those who have documents can then be led back into communities.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC\/ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33325,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-35073","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Addressing the media at the centre, Mayor Cyril Xaba says those found to have valid documentation will be reintegrated into communities.","published_date":"","news_description":"Addressing the media at the centre, Mayor Cyril Xaba says those found to have valid documentation will be reintegrated into communities.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35078,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35073\/revisions\/35078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=35073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}