Tag: Xenophobia

Xenophobia: NANS gives S’African businesses 4-day ultimatum to exit Nigeria

Aminu Imam
NANS S'African ultimatum

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Nigeria’s apex student body, has issued a four-day ultimatum to South African business interests operating in the country, demanding that they leave Nigeria over the continued attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa. The directive was announced on Monday in Enugu by the National Executive Director for Corporate and Private Sectors Engagement, Bestman Okereafor. According to him, failure to comply with the ultimatum could trigger actions from millions of Nigerian students across the country. Okereafor condemned what he described as the…

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Again, South Africa begins deportation of African migrants after protests

Aminu Imam

South African authorities say they have begun deporting 20 refugees and asylum seekers who were part of a months-long sit-in protest against xenophobia. According to reports, the asylum seekers were mostly from African countries and were demanding to be resettled outside South Africa. Their sit-in began outside the offices of the UNs refugee agency (UNHCR) in Cape Town in October 2019. Canada was some of the migrants preferred choice, said South Africas Home Affairs department in a statement. Hundreds of people took part in the protest campaign which lasted five…

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