South Africa: Durban Refugees Relocated to Gauteng - South African News Briefs - September 15, 2026

Durban Refugees Moved to Gauteng After Four Months on a Pavement

South Africa moved 278 people from a pavement camp outside a Durban Home Affairs office to a Gauteng facility. Verification found almost all were legal.

Hundreds of refugees bused from Durban to Lindela

But about 150 people who had been camped outside Home Affairs since May have opted to stay

Stranded Durban migrants head to Lindela in Gauteng for deportation

Migrants camping outside home affairs offices in Durban will be moved ahead of deportation

South Africa: Durban Refugees Relocated to Gauteng - South African News Briefs - September 15, 2026

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Durban refugees divided over move to Lindela

Four months on the pavement — Refugees finally moving

After four months of sleeping on the pavement outside the Department of Home Affairs in Durban, refugees are finally being moved, with buses transporting them to the Lindela facility in Johannesburg. The dramatic development brings an end, at least temporarily, to the prolonged humanitarian crisis that saw scores of refugees living in makeshift shelters outside […]