South Africa’s Ramaphosa calls for African action on migration
Ramaphosa’s appeal to the Pan-African Parliament follows weeks of anti-migrant protests in South Africa, where xenophobic activists and fringe groups have blamed undocumented migrants from elsewhere in Africa for crime, unemployment and strain on public services.
More than 160,000 foreign nationals have departed South Africa over the past two months, according to an AFP tally based on figures from repatriating governments, in one of the country’s largest recent migrant exoduses.
Violence in 2019 left at least 12 people dead, most of them South African citizens.
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