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Ghana Repatriates Citizens from South Africa Amid Rising Xenophobic Tensions
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Ghana has organized repatriation flights for roughly 300–800 of its citizens currently in South Africa amid a surge of anti‑immigrant protests over illegal migration, unemployment and crime.
And you are making a mess of yourself.
If you mess around with Ghanaians anywhere in the world, thinking that they are orphaned or nobody cares about them, you are mistaken.
Wherever Ghanaians are, we will make sure you are protected.
The demonstrators have said they want us to work together. We must ensure that those who are undocumented are returned home and that institutions are allowed to function.
I think in this case, it's less about Ghana trying to protect its citizens per se, or these 300. This is a symbolic move to try to send a message to their sort of bigger counterpart, South Africa, that this is politically unacceptable.
We want to thank the Ghanaian government for taking us out of the lion's den.
It has never been easy for us in South Africa over the past few weeks.
sources
- 1.Los Angeles Times
- 2.Al Jazeera
- 3.France 24
- 4.Arab News
- 5.The New York Times
- 6.Agence France-Presse
- 7.Reuters
perspectives
countries
organizations
- 1.Southern African Development Community Mission
- 2.Ghana High Commission
- 3.Lindela Repatriation Centre
- 4.University of the Witwatersrand