Thousands await repatriation from Cape Town Centre following anti-illegal immigration campaign
Over a thousand foreign nationals, primarily Zimbabweans, are waiting at a repatriation center in Cape Town following an anti-illegal immigration campaign. Many are seeking to return home due to safety concerns and pressure from local movements.
Why it matters
The situation underscores the humanitarian and logistical challenges surrounding migration and xenophobic tensions in South Africa.
Hundreds of Zimbabweans are waiting to be repatriated back to Zimbabwe, sitting outside a Home Affairs Repatriation Centre in Epping. Picture: Carlo Petersen/EWN
The article reports on the humanitarian situation on the ground without explicitly taking a stance on immigration policy.
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