A group of 150 Malawians repatriated from South Africa amid growing worries about xenophobia are due to arrive by road in their home country on Monday
This was disclosed by Malawian authorities.
The repatriation follows v!olence in South Africa’s Western Cape Province where there were reports a week ago of door-to-door intimidation, as well as the d.eaths of two Mozambicans in Mossel Bay.
The Malawians were “among a number of foreign nationals” who had “sought refuge in temporary camps” in Mossel Bay, according to a statement from Lilongwe.
Nigeria, Ghana and Zimbabwe have also organised repatriation efforts after raising concern about xenophobia in South Africa.
Anti-migrant groups are demanding undocumented migrants leave the country – and have set 30 June as a d.eadline.
In a national address on Sunday aimed at easing tensions, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a raft of new measures to crackdown on illegal migration.
But he also warned South Africans not to take the law into their own hands. He told South Africans there was “no space for xenophobia, racism, sex!sm, Afrophobia or any other forms of intolerance” in the country.
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