Asylum-seekers and refugees moved from the R28 road outside the Lindela detention centre were still being ”detained for their own safety” on Tuesday.
Women and child refugees have been detained at the Riet Family Care Centre in Krugersdorp, executive manager of the municipality Jorrie Jordaan says.
Refugees outside the Lindela detention centre have refused to move to any shelters after a discussion with the South African Human Rights Commission.
The Mogale city municipality was on Friday trying to arrange accommodation for hundreds of xenophobia refugees milling around outside Lindela.
SA has violated its obligations under international law in its treatment of refugees at the Glenanda displacement camp, Amnesty International says.
A human rights group calls for refugees removed from a Johannesburg camp on Tuesday not to be deported.
Trucks were taking foreigners from the Glenanda refugee camp in Johannesburg to deportation centres on Tuesday afternoon.
Efforts by police to remove xenophobia refugees from the Glenanda shelter in Johannesburg ran into resistance by lunchtime on Tuesday.
Hundreds of xenophobia refugees will be removed from a Johannesburg shelter on Tuesday after refusing to apply for temporary identification cards.
A Congolese national displaced by xenophobic violence in Durban says he moved from a refugee site to a shelter, to sleeping on the steps of City Hall.