South African authorities say they have begun deporting 20 refugees and asylum seekers who were part of a month’s-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 UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) in Cape Town in October 2019. Canada was some of the migrants’ preferred choice, said South Africa’s Home Affairs department in a statement. Hundreds of people took part in the protest campaign which lasted five…
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